---
type: "Bill"
title: "making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for funding eligible wastewater projects."
description: "making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for funding eligible wastewater projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 398"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 398 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas L. Buco"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df797af-de36-4c21-a4fc-83a0bf6d44b7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0469&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "6bc09d9bc699c838f0dc1e45c5ae7299f9d36a3f937e1deba929158f05a2ef46"
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 398 (2022) — making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for funding eligible wastewater projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2117h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2021-2117h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=473&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Thomas L. Buco — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Peter R. Leishman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Finance HJ 2 P. 46 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Public Hearing: 02/09/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92166004660 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-16** Executive Session: 02/16/2021 10:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92166004660
- **2021-03-23** Retained in Committee
- **2021-08-31** Division I Work Session: 09/14/2021 01:45 pm LOB 212
- **2021-10-06** Executive Session: 10/26/2021 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2021-11-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2117h 10/28/2021 (Vote 21-0; RC) HC 48 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-09** Amendment # 2021-2117h: AA VV 01/06/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA VV 01/06/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Finance; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing: 02/15/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:00 am; SC 7
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/31/2022); SJ 8
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/31/2022
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/18/2022; Chapter 19; EFF.07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3df797af-de36-4c21-a4fc-83a0bf6d44b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).