---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the proration of property tax exemptions."
description: "relative to the proration of property tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 197 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim V. Maggiore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/300b0f72-7cc7-49f2-a1ed-9274205177a9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0227&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "1baa4e3a957659ec9420083146f04577321a527b4712b702279d84fa0829541a"
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 197 (2023) — relative to the proration of property tax exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0057h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0057h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim V. Maggiore — primary (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2023 03:15 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-18** Executive Session: 01/25/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0057h 01/25/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment # 2023-0057h: AA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4
- **2023-02-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0057: MA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; 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 119; Eff. 01/04/24 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/300b0f72-7cc7-49f2-a1ed-9274205177a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).