---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to municipal watering restrictions."
description: "relative to municipal watering restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 443 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/954b3651-1d40-46d2-9f44-d77e5d840f2e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0734&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "2d39795054e9adf6168c0e3978120cc2faa9195c3ec9343ac09526718a372184"
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 443 (2019) — relative to municipal watering restrictions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1889s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1889s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Public Hearing: 02/05/2019 11:00 am LOB 301
- **2019-02-15** ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 301
- **2019-03-01** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0397h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 16 P. 30 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0698h
- **2019-03-20** Amendment # 2019-0397h: AA VV 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 17
- **2019-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0397h: MA DV 220-130 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 17 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Hearing: 04/24/2019, Room 102, LOB, 11:15 am; SC 19
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1889s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2019-1889s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1889s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1889s (Rep. Carson): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 10
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 213; Eff: 09/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/954b3651-1d40-46d2-9f44-d77e5d840f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).