---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a shoreland septic system study commission."
description: "establishing a shoreland septic system study commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 475 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/336be1cf-7e82-48fd-a9e4-b328ff6c25ed"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0626&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "a33d6e6b66114d51ec80f5cede089ae2429fdefd6d6a05169266b74dabeed75c"
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 475 (2019) — establishing a shoreland septic system study commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1636e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1636e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Public Hearing: 03/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-03-06** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0938h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 16 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment # 2019-0938h: AA VV 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 25
- **2019-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0938h: MA VV 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 25 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:20 pm; the committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of session; SC 17A
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2019; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2019; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1636e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/25/2019); SJ 15
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1636e: AA VV 04/11/2019 HJ 13 P. 127
- **2019-05-03** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 42
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2019; Chapter 30; I. Sec. 3 Eff: 11/20/2020 II. Rem. Eff: 05/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/336be1cf-7e82-48fd-a9e4-b328ff6c25ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).