---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to voting on variances."
description: "relative to voting on variances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1215 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Belanger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bbad96-b683-461f-a6df-18e7789e3e89"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2035&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d7e9a29112f6aad46fe454f2143b5d21c17616d191cdb48427b9646cb115a1fa"
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 1215 (2018) — relative to voting on variances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1352s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1352s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1048&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James P. Belanger — primary (person)
- Francis Gauthier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/14/2018 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0738h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0738h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 49
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0738h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 49 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing: 04/04/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1352s, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Committee Amendment # 2018-1352s, AA, VV; 04/12/2018; SJ 12
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1352s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1352s (Rep. J. Belanger): MA VV 04/26/2018 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 168; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6bbad96-b683-461f-a6df-18e7789e3e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).