---
type: "Bill"
title: "increasing penalties and fines for air pollution and water pollution."
description: "increasing penalties and fines for air pollution and water pollution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 614"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 614 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc19b5f8-6626-48e0-af29-4f7fe19ee742"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0506&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "6d6b59362eefee80d86f4e40e56b612e6a9c6f2f61edad49e123a52a140b1008"
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 614 (2019) — increasing penalties and fines for air pollution and water pollution.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1990s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1990s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **293–57** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **247–104** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **19–5** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Public Hearing: 02/07/2019 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2019-02-20** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/26/2019 10:15 am LOB 304
- **2019-02-27** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/06/2019 10:30 am LOB 304
- **2019-03-13** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0791h (NT) for 03/19/2019 (Vote 16-3; RC) HC 16 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-20** Amendment # 2019-0791h (NT): AA RC 293-57 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 36
- **2019-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0791h (NT): MA RC 247-104 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 36 `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, 09:10 am; SC 18
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Sen. Fuller Clark Floor Amendment # 2019-1990s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1990s, RC 19Y-5N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1990s (Rep. Backus): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 13
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2019; Chapter 263; Eff: 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc19b5f8-6626-48e0-af29-4f7fe19ee742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).