---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to organize the observance of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence."
description: "establishing a commission to organize the observance of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1441"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1441 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy O. Horrigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe8785c3-cce7-425f-b928-214390b7c383"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2501&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "9f2b24f142d75323f725c9f187ba8034f9ed12a12546e014b7db899a0126b731"
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 1441 (2022) — establishing a commission to organize the observance of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1224E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1224E&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy O. Horrigan — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Janet G. Wall — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/14/2022 03:45 pm LOB 201-203
- **2022-01-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0148h (Vote ; 13-0) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** Executive Session: 01/20/2022 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0148h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0148h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Hearing: 03/09/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:30 am; SC 10
- **2022-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1224e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 03/24/2022); SJ 7
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1224EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/31/2022); SJ 8
- **2022-04-04** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/11/2022; Chapter 18; I. Sec 2 eff 12/31/2027- II Rem eff 04/11/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe8785c3-cce7-425f-b928-214390b7c383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).