---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing the solid waste management fund and grant program."
description: "establishing the solid waste management fund and grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 379 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b94530-199b-4206-aea0-8e7d786670af"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3114&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "ffb47dbc7b6c110059c995a6bf72930b172f62f20b7728ab4f466edda16f8e7f"
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 379 (2022) — establishing the solid waste management fund and grant program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2092e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2092e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Chuck W. Grassie — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne J. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 02/02/2022, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 5
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0826s, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-0826s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0826s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Full Committee Work Session: 04/25/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Ways and Means 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Full Committee Work Session: 04/26/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2092EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2092e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0226; Effective 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03b94530-199b-4206-aea0-8e7d786670af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).