---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to including solid waste landfills in the definition of development of regional impact."
description: "relative to including solid waste landfills in the definition of development of regional impact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1221 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck W. Grassie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14c174c-84e3-449a-a7ba-c84eebbf4f64"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2546&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c068ae403b9eca039b25cd1d0fb31aa69fbd55dee106f20db354db447c1ebb35"
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 1221 (2024) — relative to including solid waste landfills in the definition of development of regional impact.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1942s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1942s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1633&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Chuck W. Grassie — primary (person)
- Chris Muns — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas A Germana — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-02-14** Full Committee Work Session: 02/20/2024 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-02-21** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/05/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1027h 03/13/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1027h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 22
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1027h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 17
- **2024-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1942s, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2024-1942s, AA, VV; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1942s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1942s (Rep. Aron): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 15
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 230; eff.09/17/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b14c174c-84e3-449a-a7ba-c84eebbf4f64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).