---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a feasibility and impact study for the construction of a pier on Hampton Beach."
description: "relative to a feasibility and impact study for the construction of a pier on Hampton Beach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 346 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3c3a86c-3e41-431c-b251-0582ac52a364"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3104&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "78dee45fcd4313ddf7d46b91912c3ce00206b729f8e7516e87a1efd66f73e3b0"
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 346 (2022) — relative to a feasibility and impact study for the construction of a pier on Hampton Beach.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1830h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1830h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-22** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0161s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0161s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0161s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **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 Public Works and Highways `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 01:00 pm 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 14-6; RC) HC 15 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** FLAM # 2022-1445h (Rep. Pauer): AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1445h: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/26/2022 01:00 pm LOB 209
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1830h(NT) (Vote 20-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1830h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1830h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Avard 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
- **2022-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/13/2022; Chapter 0181; Effective 06/13/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3c3a86c-3e41-431c-b251-0582ac52a364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).