---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the governor's duties during a state of emergency."
description: "relative to the governor's duties during a state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1037"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1037 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy O. Horrigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-02"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fee264e-1086-40f4-8261-b436af29e25b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2161&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "287df1aab61ed157db9cc5e12a999fe81e97a46373e0a70a323617999c1d4a3f"
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 1037 (2022) — relative to the governor's duties during a state of emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0071h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0071h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy O. Horrigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-02** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/11/2022 2:00 p.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-01-13** Executive Session: 01/24/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0071h (Vote 11-6; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment # 2022-0071h: AA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0071h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2022-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 56; Eff. 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fee264e-1086-40f4-8261-b436af29e25b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).