---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to payments for restoration of certain jurisdictional resource losses."
description: "relative to payments for restoration of certain jurisdictional resource losses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 56 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e55c45f6-d7e8-47fe-b5ee-fe6d1779dbea"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0993&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ead8ce95dc2a06924c9e70d31d21550779e893eff5bfd88e90a56f08ee416ec5"
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 56 (2023) — relative to payments for restoration of certain jurisdictional resource losses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2098e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2098e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/17/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0404s, 02/09/2023; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0404s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0404s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/09/2023; 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 Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 09:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-26** Executive Session: 05/03/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/03/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2098e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 73
- **2023-06-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2098e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0142; Effective 06/30/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e55c45f6-d7e8-47fe-b5ee-fe6d1779dbea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).