---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the prohibition of offshore oil and natural gas exploration."
description: "relative to the prohibition of offshore oil and natural gas exploration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 76 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b5d6c3-3936-4629-a704-e475e59b0f7c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0900&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "23b883a8e54b7948f7748b4ba4b922c8f6d2ad8652e46bdd74ebb676c0795cb4"
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 76 (2019) — relative to the prohibition of offshore oil and natural gas exploration.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0880s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0880s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2019-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2019; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Sen. Feltes Moved to Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 02/21/2019; SJ 6
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Special Order to the end of the calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Sen. Giuda Floor Amendment # 2019-0880s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0880s, 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. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 11:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-10** Full Committee Work Session: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/16/2019 11:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 22 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 7 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Science, Technology and Energy 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 7
- **2019-05-08** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 05/08/2019
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-09-11** Signed by the Governor on 09/11/2019; Chapter 343; Effective 11/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45b5d6c3-3936-4629-a704-e475e59b0f7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).