---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the acquisition of agricultural land development rights and relative to the use of game cameras."
description: "relative to the acquisition of agricultural land development rights and relative to the use of game cameras."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 221 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter W. Bixby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740ace2a-cd51-4e5c-9067-ca982e7274ff"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0394&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "cf5017f6a0cec7d05ce5181603ad8321bbacc10f1269fb23af2eefa207c6a2a9"
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 221 (2023) — relative to the acquisition of agricultural land development rights and relative to the use of game cameras.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2253e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2253e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Peter W. Bixby — primary (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Caplan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-25** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/31/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/07/2023 09:00 am LOB 303
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 02/28/2023 01:30 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-23** Full Committee Work Session: 02/28/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0701h 02/28/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 15 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0701h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 5
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0701h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Hearing: 05/23/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 23
- **2023-05-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1996s, 06/01/2023; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Committee Amendment # 2023-1996s, AA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2023-2079s, AA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2023-2068s, AA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-01** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2023-1996s, 2023-2079s, and 2023-2068s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/01/2023; SJ 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-07** Sen. Pearl Floor Amendment # 2023-2136s, AA, VV; 06/07/2023; SJ 17
- **2023-06-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2136s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/07/2023; SJ 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Sen. Pearl Moved to Reconsider the following action taken by this Body: Reconsider the Vote on Third Reading and Final Passage, Rescind Third Reading and Reconsider the Vote on Ought to Pass with Amendment, MA VV; 06/07/2023; SJ 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-2136s and Requests CofC (Reps. Aron, Bixby, L. Sanborn, Spillane): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 75
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-21** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/21/2023 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-06-21** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2023-2225c; 06/29/2023
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2225c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 10
- **2023-06-29** Removed from Consent (Reps. Comtois, T. Mannion, Coulon, Verville, Costable, Potenza, McCarter, Terry, Hoell, Avellani) 06/29/2023 HJ 16
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2225c, Adopted, VV; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2253e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2253e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 17
- **2023-07-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/08/2023; Chapter 232; I. Sec 6-7 eff:01/01/2024 II. Rem eff:10/07/2023 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/740ace2a-cd51-4e5c-9067-ca982e7274ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).