---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the landlord tenant mediation program."
description: "establishing a committee to study the landlord tenant mediation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 235 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlotte I. DiLorenzo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c873b7bf-2f75-4f03-912a-d3e5a6af6a2d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0404&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "4acb2fc4c9bb9f5abae99467af768bfa7fa68bc07b6d5fb5d860cf2dd821fc6e"
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 235 (2023) — establishing a committee to study the landlord tenant mediation program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0148h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0148h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Joan L. Hamblet — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Staub — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina M. Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy O. Horrigan — 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 Judiciary HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/09/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0148h 02/08/2023 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023--0148h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 10
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023--0148h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2023-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/11/2023); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/04/2023
- **2023-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2023; Chapter 31; Eff: 05/17/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c873b7bf-2f75-4f03-912a-d3e5a6af6a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).