---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission on drinking water."
description: "establishing a commission on drinking water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 495 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd79a02-bb54-4a2b-bfc8-8d869f84d28c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0535&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "05f0fc42e49659907d4be33367fd5fbb228e10d94fdb5cff214c26e998d3829a"
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 495 (2019) — establishing a commission on drinking water.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2633e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2633e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 305-307
- **2019-02-15** Executive Session: 03/06/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0697h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 16 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0697h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 31
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0697h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 31 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 103, SH, 08:30 am; SC 18
- **2019-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2353s, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2353s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2353s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2353s (Rep. Suzanne Smith): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 11
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2633e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2633e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 55
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 59
- **2019-08-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/16/2019; Chapter 329; I. Sec. 2 Eff: 11/01/2029 II. Rem. Eff: 08/16/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd79a02-bb54-4a2b-bfc8-8d869f84d28c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).