---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a trust fund for money from soil and water environmental contamination court settlements."
description: "establishing a trust fund for money from soil and water environmental contamination court settlements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1613"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1613 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Meuse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f8ba45c-042a-459f-bf5a-05d8e201cc8e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2417&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "f04523a9ebc85e222727bc2bf99dc5abc2cb9698432c7c6551d4f437c85d5f03"
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 1613 (2024) — establishing a trust fund for money from soil and water environmental contamination court settlements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2344e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2344e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1504&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David Meuse — primary (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca J. McWilliams — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy E. N Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 1 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 12:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-07** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-07** Full Committee Work Session: 02/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** Full Committee Work Session: 03/06/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/11/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-07** Full Committee Work Session: 03/11/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0702h 03/11/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment # 2024-0702h: AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 19
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0702h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-27** Hearing: 04/10/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-26** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1642s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1642s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1642s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1642s (Rep. Janigian): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 25
- **2024-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2344e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **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
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2344e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 50
- **2024-08-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 346; 10/01/2024 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/0f8ba45c-042a-459f-bf5a-05d8e201cc8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).