---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to landowner liability on land authorized for outdoor recreational activities."
description: "relative to landowner liability on land authorized for outdoor recreational activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1579 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda R. Gould"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f134ac-c220-4367-93c5-0e2b38652b3a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2247&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "7b886ac4f07e3af654ba0e3ffd4312376c8ea74f09a563dc9f1920d21490bf51"
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 1579 (2022) — relative to landowner liability on land authorized for outdoor recreational activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1571s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1571s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Linda R. Gould — primary (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Larry G. Gagne — cosponsor (person)
- Laurel Stavis — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Abel — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen C. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/20/2022 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-03-07** Executive Session: 01/20/2022 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0438h (Vote 20-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0438h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0438h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Hearing: 04/14/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1571s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1571s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1571s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Gordon): 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
- **2022-06-23** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 207; eff. 08/16/2022 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/61f134ac-c220-4367-93c5-0e2b38652b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).