---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the operation of certain homeowners' associations."
description: "relative to the operation of certain homeowners' associations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 42 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurel Stavis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1707bf11-6b06-4410-b968-bb3ee74d296c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0033&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "098eeac938f2e20b0f6af6bd5a47e7645506c86b29f3189aff76e4091b41cf16"
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 42 (2023) — relative to the operation of certain homeowners' associations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0286h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0286h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Laurel Stavis — primary (person)
- Eric B. Gallager — cosponsor (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 11:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-01-26** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/02/2023 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB210-211
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0286h 03/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0286h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 2
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0286h: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-18** 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`
- **2023-06-20** 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 114; 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/1707bf11-6b06-4410-b968-bb3ee74d296c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).