---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to water bottle filling stations in schools."
description: "relative to water bottle filling stations in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 233 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4306e485-08ac-4617-872b-a0e9ae667b5f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2886&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "1dbc5fc1c067c35f122f59aff87896938a5174ea68ce9310d5c566e9b339b1ef"
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 SB 233 (2022) — relative to water bottle filling stations in schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1638h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1638h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie A. Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0077s, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0077s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Sen. Hennessey Floor Amendment # 2022-0414s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-0077s, and 2022-0414s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/19/2022 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1638h (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1638h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1638h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0149; Effective 09/05/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4306e485-08ac-4617-872b-a0e9ae667b5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).