---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the office of offshore wind industry development."
description: "relative to the office of offshore wind industry development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 440 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd43ada-5782-4a85-8658-bd3a9ff75ff8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3011&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "91787c537f2ebe66c83513c0c0b6f616d3e018ca1d4babab81ea51cb607edb84"
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 440 (2022) — relative to the office of offshore wind industry development.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0596s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0596s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — cosponsor (person)
- Janet G. Wall — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing: 02/08/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 6
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0596s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0596s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0596s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/24/2022; SC 8A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-15** Executive Session: 04/05/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** 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 0177; 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/0cd43ada-5782-4a85-8658-bd3a9ff75ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).