---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a state parks advisory council."
description: "establishing a state parks advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 488 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd356446-f78c-4aa8-a017-f996e93951aa"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0362&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "2f1ef76d62694e11a02feee664af918ff05d4455ba4d809a8dbac6e2343494e1"
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 488 (2017) — establishing a state parks advisory council.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1956e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1956e&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. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 02:00 PM LOB 305
- **2017-02-06** Executive Session: 01/31/2017 LOB 305
- **2017-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/15/2017 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 11 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 19 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing: 03/15/2017, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0878s, 03/23/2017; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Committee Amendment # 2017-0878s, AA, VV; 03/23/2017; SJ 10
- **2017-03-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0878s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/23/2017; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 0878s (Rep. Christensen): MA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 7
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1956e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1956e: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 150
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-07-05** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/29/2017; Chapter 181; Eff. 8/28/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd356446-f78c-4aa8-a017-f996e93951aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).