---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to elected conservation commissions in towns."
description: "relative to elected conservation commissions in towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1302 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Sellers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe5d1277-b63d-44d7-a924-b31817d3ef4e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2236&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c165d20819afad8c44574e3d5f3a87a575c03c7493e9ab37692bbc51d0d268b7"
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 1302 (2024) — relative to elected conservation commissions in towns.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0505h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0505h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1323&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Sellers — primary (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa C.M. Post — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)
- Walter Spilsbury — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 11:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/21/2024 09:30 am LOB 307
- **2024-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0505h 02/21/2024 (Vote 16-3; CC) HC 9 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment # 2024-0505h: AA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 20
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0505h: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Hearing: 04/02/2024, Room 103, LOB, 09:50 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2024, Vote 3-1; SC 15A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 94
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2024; Chapter 22; eff:07/19/2024 HJ 13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe5d1277-b63d-44d7-a924-b31817d3ef4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).