---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the purchase of steel products with the Buy America certification."
description: "relative to the purchase of steel products with the Buy America certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 195 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc8c0b2-dc48-4caa-90a0-5761552570eb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0933&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "63b12e7d51878f24db0d886377de6850ce0a8cbcd325fb946aff61717a8ba6aa"
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 195 (2023) — relative to the purchase of steel products with the Buy America certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0802s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0802s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing: 02/07/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 9
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0802s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0802s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0802s, 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 Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-14** Executive Session: 03/29/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Removed from Consent (Reps. Grote, F. Davis, Grassie, M. Smith, Schuett, Telerski, T. Lekas, A. Lekas, Cormen, O'Brien) 05/03/2023
- **2023-05-04** Special Order SB195 (Rep. Grote): MA VV By Necessary 3/5 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 45
- **2023-05-18** FLAM # 2023-1727h (Rep. Grote): AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 37
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1727h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 37 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0222; Effective 08/04/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dc8c0b2-dc48-4caa-90a0-5761552570eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).