---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the state's dedicated funds review."
description: "relative to the state's dedicated funds review."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 297 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan W. Almy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8630feee-753f-4a91-b5dd-8ff3422a0bde"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0507&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "a53f486d96c29b426313807d3633270bab7a0b50d7aeef716c03a12e10de5cff"
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 297 (2023) — relative to the state's dedicated funds review.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0237h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0237h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Susan W. Almy — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jess C. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/31/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-09** Executive Session: 02/15/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0237h 02/15/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0237h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 12
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0237h: MA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 11 `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, 09:30 am; SC 15
- **2023-04-18** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** 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 127; Eff: 01/01/2024 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/8630feee-753f-4a91-b5dd-8ff3422a0bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).