---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a stakeholders' group to address utility poles and attachments in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a stakeholders' group to address utility poles and attachments in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 16 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c979d077-ab86-401f-b374-ccd2779ad342"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0805&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8c2a6d0e30e4d80795ea9478a07a1a59abeb2704a32e5ba726ef8cf8b7ede6d2"
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 16 (2023) — establishing a stakeholders' group to address utility poles and attachments in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1408h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1408h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E. Cambrils — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/03/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 04/18/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1408h 04/18/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1408h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 15
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1408h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **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
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0138 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-11** I. Section 2 Effective 07/01/2029
- **2023-07-11** II. Remainder Effective 08/29/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c979d077-ab86-401f-b374-ccd2779ad342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).