---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting certain zoning regulation of land or structures used primarily for religious purposes."
description: "prohibiting certain zoning regulation of land or structures used primarily for religious purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1021"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1021 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kurt F. Wuelper"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbf105c6-4b21-4565-b118-aca3df234062"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2133&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "bc8e3943c54cb4d5ba5a0a4f691a57d19c48dcf0f27fb9fc4195799ea23c42cc"
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 1021 (2022) — prohibiting certain zoning regulation of land or structures used primarily for religious purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2113E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2113E&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kurt F. Wuelper — primary (person)
- Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
- Linda R. Gould — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/20/2022 01:45 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-01-27** Executive Session: 02/03/2022 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 14-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing: 03/21/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 12
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1653s, 04/28/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1653s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Committee Amendment # 2022-1653s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Gordon): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2113e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2113EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 291; eff. 07/01/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbf105c6-4b21-4565-b118-aca3df234062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).