---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study long term goals and requirements for drinking water in the seacoast area."
description: "establishing a commission to study long term goals and requirements for drinking water in the seacoast area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 431 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef891306-6075-44cd-ba01-b42547f6a1b3"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0481&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "2749bb052865f9cc72c90b895d5007cf58df968c69732aa229c8ba56cb38fe48"
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 431 (2017) — establishing a commission to study long term goals and requirements for drinking water in the seacoast area.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1317s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1317s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 02:30 PM LOB 305
- **2017-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2017 01:00 PM LOB 305
- **2017-02-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/08/2017 09:30 AM LOB 305
- **2017-02-01** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/15/2017 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2017-02-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/21/2017 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2017-02-15** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 02/22/2017 11:15 AM LOB 306
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0320h for 03/08/2017 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0320h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 44
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0320h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 44 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1317s, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Committee Amendment # 2017-1317s, AA, VV; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1317s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1317s (Rep. Christensen): MA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 7
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled (In recess 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 127
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/16/2017; Chapter 138; I. Sec. 2 eff. 11/1/2018 ; II. Rem. eff. 6/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef891306-6075-44cd-ba01-b42547f6a1b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).