---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to building code violations."
description: "relative to building code violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 259 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30e7058-cf02-429c-9e60-747b38aaebbd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0368&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "699965656894170233f62e19c208540068c7991b50bb78af937b4ce65880f40e"
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 259 (2019) — relative to building code violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0199h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0199h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/16/2019 01:30 pm LOB 306
- **2019-01-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2019 09:30 am LOB 306
- **2019-01-30** Executive Session: 02/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 306
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0199h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0199h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 12
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0199h: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing: 04/17/2019, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 17
- **2019-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/25/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 100
- **2019-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/05/2019; Chapter 48; Eff: 08/04/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30e7058-cf02-429c-9e60-747b38aaebbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).