---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to timber trespass."
description: "relative to timber trespass."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 246 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b08e00-0d82-4502-b8c8-5ab9f0867e5d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0473&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "b72a631ab5d821ae6bf3d0ca3a92ebe96b24a5a15ee4c1aa4d68580678df8fc4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 246 (2017) — relative to timber trespass.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-2034e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-2034e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-30** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 2 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2017-01-18** Executive Session: 01/24/2017 01:00 PM LOB 305
- **2017-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/09/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/09/2017 HJ 6 P. 6 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2017-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2017; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2034e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2034e: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 149
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2017; Chapter 164; eff 01/01/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77b08e00-0d82-4502-b8c8-5ab9f0867e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).