---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing the office of the right-to-know ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "establishing the office of the right-to-know ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 481 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlotte I. DiLorenzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff0a6be0-2372-4d05-90af-1d865f30f27e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0614&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "d53cc85bc8c9f863be88861b9f3fe5510c24fd1551c9b205952001361fc7f577"
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 481 (2022) — establishing the office of the right-to-know ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1554s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1554s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=665&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Diane M. Langley — cosponsor (person)
- Gail E. Sanborn — cosponsor (person)
- Gary S. Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — 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 Judiciary HJ 2 P. 49 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/26/2021 01:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94597513398 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-5; RC) HC 12 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 74 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Finance 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 74
- **2021-03-04** Division I Work Session: 03/09/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94444579237
- **2021-03-25** Executive Session: 03/29/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92166004660
- **2021-03-30** Retained in Committee
- **2021-08-31** Division I Work Session: 09/14/2021 02:45 pm LOB 212
- **2021-09-15** Division I Work Session: 09/28/2021 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2021-10-06** Executive Session: 10/26/2021 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2021-10-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2126h 10/28/2021 (Vote 21-0; ) HC 48 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-11** Amendment # 2021-2126h: AA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2126h: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Hearing: 03/08/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 9
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1554s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1554s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1554s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Gordon): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-28** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 250; eff. I. Sec4 eff 6/24/22 II. Sec 5 and 6 eff 7/1/25 III Rem eff 7/1/22 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/ff0a6be0-2372-4d05-90af-1d865f30f27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).