---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to municipal authority regarding the state building code."
description: "relative to municipal authority regarding the state building code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 443 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df4c4045-b4d5-4473-8f4a-744c0890ba42"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3031&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2dbdeaea12c5e014f8fcccb59ed0dd49c2c8b614ee6685ed5f6580314c6fa16f"
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 443 (2022) — relative to municipal authority regarding the state building code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1504h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1504h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Refer to Interim Study — **4–20** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04** Hearing: 01/13/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 2
- **2022-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0819s, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-0819s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0819s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/31/2022; SC 13
- **2022-03-31** Refer to Interim Study, RC 4Y-20N, MF; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Carson Moved Ought to Pass; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/08/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/08/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1504h (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 15 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 1504h: AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1504h: 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 02:30 pm LOB 212
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `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 0242; Effective 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df4c4045-b4d5-4473-8f4a-744c0890ba42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).