---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to water assistance for natural disasters."
description: "relative to water assistance for natural disasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 534"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 534 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Boyd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573b425b-f913-463e-9f57-d8f1396f670a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0794&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ec54a2095303ce7e52784b0aaf842b16c290907868238282d3f3bbefd5577741"
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 534 (2023) — relative to water assistance for natural disasters.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1900s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1900s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment — **13–11** (pass) · upper
- ITL — **191–196** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Boyd — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Linda R. Gould — cosponsor (person)
- Mary A. Hakken-Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 11:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-01-30** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/08/2023 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 12 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA DV 179-177 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 64 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Finance 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 64 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Division Work Session: 03/03/2023 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2023-03-16** Executive Session: 03/20/2023 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-27** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate HB534-FN-A 03/21/2023 (Vote 13-12; RC) `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-27** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-06** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 191-196 04/06/2023 HJ 12 P. 207 `failure`
- **2023-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/06/2023 HJ 12 P. 209 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-11** Introduced 03/30/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Hearing: 04/25/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 19
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1900s, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Special Order to when all 24 members are present in the Senate Chamber, Without Objection, MA; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2023-1900s, RC 13Y-11N, AA; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1900s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1900s and Requests CofC (Reps. Weyler, Leishman, Renzullo, Vail): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-20** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/20/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573b425b-f913-463e-9f57-d8f1396f670a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).