---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the filing of notice of intent to cut timber."
description: "relative to the filing of notice of intent to cut timber."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juliet Harvey-Bolia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f470dc41-321e-42a7-9a25-69c72af40055"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0563&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5f13071361c1157630a4058435074116593fbe6e2cf9e355f3cf808b15c561e2"
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 HB 174 (2023) — relative to the filing of notice of intent to cut timber.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0761h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0761h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — primary (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew J. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 09:45 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-16** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-16** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 03/01/2023 01:30 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0761h 03/08/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0761h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 23
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0761h: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 23 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Hearing: 04/25/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 19
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 117; Eff: 08/29/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f470dc41-321e-42a7-9a25-69c72af40055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).