---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to limitations on the designation of a portion of the Merrimack river."
description: "relative to limitations on the designation of a portion of the Merrimack river."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 214 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemarie Rung"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0dd1b3c-58e5-4dd7-bcb7-4cf8af3d7c2b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0322&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "36eff5077c1a7b5d0a4971a2dd0d66fb3e50c9594f5d9ecbe527787f283991fd"
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 214 (2023) — relative to limitations on the designation of a portion of the Merrimack river.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Rosemarie Rung — primary (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — 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`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 11:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-01-30** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/08/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Hearing: 04/18/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 18
- **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`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 121; 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/f0dd1b3c-58e5-4dd7-bcb7-4cf8af3d7c2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).