---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the advisory committee to study the state building and fire codes."
description: "relative to the advisory committee to study the state building and fire codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 398 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34d79c26-e4ea-4988-9be7-d64dd636c6a5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3109&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "f20134fdd216b4eb18ff9eddb95ab8e9995cb70a0cf78be325540da480886153"
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 398 (2022) — relative to the advisory committee to study the state building and fire codes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1329h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1329h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Roderick L. Pimentel — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing: 02/02/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 4
- **2022-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0458s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0458s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0458s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1329h( NT) (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 15 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 1329h: AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1329h: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **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 0232; Effective 06/17/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34d79c26-e4ea-4988-9be7-d64dd636c6a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).