---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to flow devices designed to control beaver damming and minimize the risk of flooding behind an existing beaver dam."
description: "relative to flow devices designed to control beaver damming and minimize the risk of flooding behind an existing beaver dam."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 281 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3390fd8d-77ea-4f28-981a-3577e649855d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0572&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "100bc2bdc79dfa69f97b5f3c985fa6dbb0098f5912758739f37a57b570603c90"
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 281 (2019) — relative to flow devices designed to control beaver damming and minimize the risk of flooding behind an existing beaver dam.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0214h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0214h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 2 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/22/2019 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-01-16** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/29/2019 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-01-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2019 11:30 am LOB 307
- **2019-01-30** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/05/2019 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0214h (NT) for 02/14/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0214h (NT): AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 13
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0214h (NT): MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 13 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing: 03/26/2019, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2019; Chapter 125; Eff: 08/24/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3390fd8d-77ea-4f28-981a-3577e649855d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).