---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to review ambient groundwater standards for arsenic."
description: "requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to review ambient groundwater standards for arsenic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1592"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1592 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mindi F. Messmer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d82964a-b1d9-4422-96b0-968ee1f84185"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2378&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "f610b442976170388ddd5a9329438a4a36fe83d64857ea2fe94249c33e1829e6"
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 1592 (2018) — requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to review ambient groundwater standards for arsenic.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1926s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1926s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1391&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **137–156** (fail) · lower
- Laid on Table — **11–13** (fail) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **187–104** (pass) · lower
- Concur — **194–137** (pass) · lower
- Laid on Table — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mindi F. Messmer — primary (person)
- Chuck Grassie — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- James W. McConnell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Fraser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-01-10** Full Committee Work Session: 01/16/2018 01:15 PM LOB 305
- **2018-01-11** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-01-17** ==RECESSED== Full Committee Work Session: 01/23/2018 11:30 AM LOB 305
- **2018-01-23** ==CONTINUED== Full Committee Work Session: 01/24/2018 09:55 AM LOB 305
- **2018-01-31** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0324h (NT) for 02/07/2018 (Vote 15-2; RC) HC 5 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0375h
- **2018-02-08** Amendment # 2018-0324h: AA RC 187-104 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 74
- **2018-02-08** Minority Amendment # 2018-0375h (Rep. Messmer): AF RC 137-156 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 76
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0324h: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 78 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Executive Departments and Administration 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 78
- **2018-02-14** Public Hearing: 02/21/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-22** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/27/2018 09:30 AM LOB 308
- **2018-03-02** Executive Session: 03/14/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1100h for 03/21/2018 (Vote 13-0; RC) HC 11 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment # 2018-1100h: AA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 29
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1100h: MA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 29 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1438s, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Committee Amendment # 2018-1438s, AA, VV; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1438s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/02/2018; SC 19
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/03/2018;
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Reagan Moved Laid on Table, RC 11Y-13N, MF; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-1926s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1926s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1438s and 1926s (Reps. Christensen, McGuire): MA RC 194-137 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 190; 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/3d82964a-b1d9-4422-96b0-968ee1f84185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).