---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings."
description: "relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy F. Aron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d59057-1094-4454-be06-c944c236837a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0147&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "6f34b7f94c50af2a0a48fb9867e98c3d2da559ad8743a612e49cb78fe4bcb8c3"
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 83 (2023) — relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1136s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1136s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Judy F. Aron — primary (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Skip A. Rollins — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/11/2023 02:45 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-18** Executive Session: 01/25/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0119h 01/25/2023 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 9 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment # 2023-0119h: AA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4
- **2023-02-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0119h: MA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 13
- **2023-03-13** ==RESCHEDULED== Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:35 am; SC 14
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1136s, 03/30/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Committee Amendment # 2023-1136s, AA, VV; 03/30/2023; SJ 12
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1136s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1136s (Rep. L. Turcotte): MA DV 301-69 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 3
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 178; eff:10/03/2023 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/d2d59057-1094-4454-be06-c944c236837a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).