---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the town council-town manager form of local government."
description: "relative to the town council-town manager form of local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 111"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 111 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Perkins Kwoka"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e168b8c-6c37-4428-9887-218f4ecf7897"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0787&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "bbd831d5e592f47ca42fa0fb95ea0c298eab4a4621c255b48b8f7bc3578914f1"
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 SB 111 (2023) — relative to the town council-town manager form of local government.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1631h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1631h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy O. Horrigan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 11
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0826s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0826s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0826s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/20/2023 10:15 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-04-25** Executive Session: 05/10/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1631h 05/10/2023 (Vote 18-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1631h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 13
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1631h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **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 the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0213; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e168b8c-6c37-4428-9887-218f4ecf7897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).