---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing the department of revenue administration to incorporate the New Hampshire equalization manual into the administrative rules and relative to the development of forms or returns by the department."
description: "authorizing the department of revenue administration to incorporate the New Hampshire equalization manual into the administrative rules and relative to the development of forms or returns by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 285"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 285 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
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/74c01299-cc85-403f-86b5-b2f06198274b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0222&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8a9d24d0407b7d5380af7338ada090e4bcbf84a9489d7445747a78bc37259099"
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 285 (2023) — authorizing the department of revenue administration to incorporate the New Hampshire equalization manual into the administrative rules and relative to the development of forms or returns by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0086h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0086h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — 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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing on Amendment # 2023-0086h: 02/01/2023 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0086h (NT) 02/01/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-21** Executive Session: 02/01/2023 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0086h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0086h: MA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/29/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 15
- **2023-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; 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 33; Eff: 07/16/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c01299-cc85-403f-86b5-b2f06198274b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).