---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study unprotected drinking water sources."
description: "establishing a committee to study unprotected drinking water sources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 164 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon E Chandley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2e919a-cd97-4293-91ce-b8b523f816af"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1056&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "7483fc7d98baab829a5aed3cf2193b9fbd14232f4a168bffda038c889cde46a9"
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 SB 164 (2019) — establishing a committee to study unprotected drinking water sources.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1743h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1743h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Shannon E Chandley — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Joelle Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Reed A. Panasiti — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0653s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0653s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0653s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 11 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/10/2019 10:30 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-16** Full Committee Work Session: 04/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-16** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/30/2019 11:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-30** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/08/2019 12:15 pm LOB 305
- **2019-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1743h (NT) for 05/23/2019 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 25 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Amendment # 2019-1743h (NT): AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 18
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1743h (NT): MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 238; Effective 07/12/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af2e919a-cd97-4293-91ce-b8b523f816af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).