---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the state building code."
description: "relative to the state building code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1059 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-11-27"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/604cbb16-d182-4a4c-9413-68d282b8dcbe"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2388&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "bf5462825bdc205be0cb6878e76367f950046d47cf1e056111ac8ce4b3aec566"
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 HB 1059 (2024) — relative to the state building code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2334e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2334e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1475&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **179–192** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Erf — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. O'Brien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-27** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/13/2024 10:30 am LOB 305
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 104
- **2024-02-28** Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0804h 03/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 12 P. 29 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-0804h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 150
- **2024-03-28** FLAM # 2024-1300h (Rep. McWilliams): AF RC 179-192 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 151
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0804h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 153 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-2008s, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2024-2008s, AA, VV; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2008s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2008s (Rep. C. McGuire): MA DV 319-43 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 15
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2334e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2334e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 47
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 323; 07/01/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/604cbb16-d182-4a4c-9413-68d282b8dcbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).