---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to water quality."
description: "relative to water quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 60 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044d7fa9-cfe7-43d4-88fe-70852f49899c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0963&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "361cdfcead7d56ad403f33f08c53ac87462b6d9dd14a630df010d4db53754143"
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 60 (2023) — relative to water quality.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2252e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2252e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Andrew Renzullo — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (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`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing: 02/07/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0880s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0880s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0880s, 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 Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 09:45 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-12** Full Committee Work Session: 04/19/2023 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 with Amendment # 2023-1635h 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1635h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 59 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-16** Removed from Consent (Reps. Hynes, T. Mannion, Read, Granger, Hoell, Phillips, Wheeler, D. Kelley, McCarter, Cushman) 05/16/2023 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1635h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 55
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1840h: AF VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 56
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2252e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 17
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2252e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-07-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-10** Signed by the Governor on 08/08/2023; Chapter 0239; Effective 08/08/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/044d7fa9-cfe7-43d4-88fe-70852f49899c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).