---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of open source software by state agencies."
description: "relative to the use of open source software by state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1581"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1581 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lex Berezhny"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7894d540-143e-4f50-bd2b-476da757a502"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2459&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "5886c6da26e004d023868aa718623f37f7f9261170ea3c8f0a0c22def7209127"
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 1581 (2022) — relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0192h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0192h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Lex Berezhny — primary (person)
- Eric B. Gallager — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Keith M. Ammon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/11/2022 11:15 a.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-01-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/20/2022 09:00 am LOB302-304
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0192h (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Executive Session: 01/20/2022 09:00 am LOB302-304
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0192h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment # 2022-0192h: AA VV 02/16/2022
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing: 03/23/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 12
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/31/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/21/2022); SJ 10
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-05-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/03/2022; Chapter 44; eff 07/02/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7894d540-143e-4f50-bd2b-476da757a502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).