---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state's solid waste plan is updated."
description: "prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state's solid waste plan is updated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1420"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1420 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda A. Massimilla"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d146eca7-46c8-40ab-9c08-3914edbcd267"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2649&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8fa4ca63e055d472ba43392a38c482db85f98e6595fe51df9b9e4690781b5e16"
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 1420 (2022) — prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state's solid waste plan is updated.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1567s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1567s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Linda A. Massimilla — primary (person)
- Anita D. Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis J. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert L. Theberge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 10:45 a.m. LOB301-303
- **2022-02-08** Executive Session: 01/18/2022 10:45 am LOB301-303
- **2022-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0267h (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0267h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0267h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing: 03/22/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 12
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1567s, 04/21/2022; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1567s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1567s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Pearl): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 199; I. Sec 2 eff as provided in sec 3 II.Rem eff. 06/17/2022 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/d146eca7-46c8-40ab-9c08-3914edbcd267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).