---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to funding for the Piscataqua River turning basin project in the port authority in the Pease development authority."
description: "relative to funding for the Piscataqua River turning basin project in the port authority in the Pease development authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 278 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Perkins Kwoka"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb3b8c7-89d1-47eb-86e7-17b47651ecd8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2991&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "91a17f4ebfb4474bab13fd3e27006cac045437a086a067fcb16d952f0a27cfa8"
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 278 (2022) — relative to funding for the Piscataqua River turning basin project in the port authority in the Pease development authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1986e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1986e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-20** Hearing: 01/18/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0169s, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0169s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0169s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Public Works and Highways `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 10:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-07** Executive Session: 04/06/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; RC) HC 15 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1986EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1986e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **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 0157; Effective 06/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eb3b8c7-89d1-47eb-86e7-17b47651ecd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).