---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to ordinances regarding forestry activities."
description: "relative to ordinances regarding forestry activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1402 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene G. Chandler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/346eacde-0a81-42d6-8ca0-7beb8758850e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2287&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "79e08a726bc6beb7b44b95e2109fe0274426265cfd4de151444582b909d0d7fa"
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 1402 (2018) — relative to ordinances regarding forestry activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1300&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Gene G. Chandler — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Herbert D. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Peter R. Leishman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert L. Theberge — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 02:30 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 5 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 11 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/19/2018 SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to 05/02/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 179; Eff. 6/8/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/346eacde-0a81-42d6-8ca0-7beb8758850e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).