---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study unlimited service area permits for landfills and out of state waste coming into New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a committee to study unlimited service area permits for landfills and out of state waste coming into New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 159 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ead530-9e51-488a-98a2-c574cf41837d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0784&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c7c71e7d1c0a80ee0c69730790a42227f55fe262a0d2ce48c9191a7496ef11cd"
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 159 (2023) — establishing a committee to study unlimited service area permits for landfills and out of state waste coming into New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0837s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0837s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Amanda C. Bouldin — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Fedolfi — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: 02/15/2023, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 10
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0837s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0837s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0837s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/25/2023 10:15 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 05/09/2023 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Full Committee Work Session: 05/09/2023 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/09/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0100; Effective 06/20/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ead530-9e51-488a-98a2-c574cf41837d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).