---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study recycling streams and solid waste management in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a committee to study recycling streams and solid waste management in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 617 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ae5b36-14be-4672-98ba-0f791b7d0b75"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0675&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "1e3898615b87d3d51d6703e7675fcfbdb1623fe029f10041648d0f6923d3720d"
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 617 (2019) — establishing a committee to study recycling streams and solid waste management in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2344s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2344s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 01:45 pm LOB 303
- **2019-01-30** Executive Session: 02/05/2019 01:00 pm LOB 303
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 10 `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, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **2019-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2344s, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2344s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2344s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2344s (Rep. Gourgue): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 3
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2019; Chapter 265; Eff: 07/19/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ae5b36-14be-4672-98ba-0f791b7d0b75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).