---
type: "Bill"
title: "reducing the interest rate for abatements of paid property taxes."
description: "reducing the interest rate for abatements of paid property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 317 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2b6c27-dc89-43c7-a78a-4a1464441538"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3033&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "cb25fe283db788c6e0ceff890d5cc7db54e1cd5d29a97c2c37a2678c06c53e86"
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 317 (2022) — reducing the interest rate for abatements of paid property taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0173s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0173s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Renzullo — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-29** Hearing: 01/19/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 1
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0173s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0173s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0173s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/07/2022 02:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-06** Executive Session: 04/18/2022 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **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 0164; Effective 04/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e2b6c27-dc89-43c7-a78a-4a1464441538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).