---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to notice of PFAS contamination prior to the sale of real property."
description: "relative to notice of PFAS contamination prior to the sale of real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 398"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 398 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy E. N Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cef67f62-7f89-4aa8-ab0a-3a6cc0c0a4f2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0682&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "bfdba6697d8c254daecbc5c7cb800ba190ff372dca4a898eb1133e3bfbc513e0"
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 398 (2024) — relative to notice of PFAS contamination prior to the sale of real property.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1608s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1608s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Wendy E. N Thomas — primary (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 01:45 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-01-30** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-16** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-02-16** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 03/01/2023 02:30 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-03-13** Retained in Committee
- **2023-09-28** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/18/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308 HC 39
- **2023-10-11** Executive Session: 11/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308 HC 41
- **2023-11-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2296h (NT) 11/01/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 49 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2296h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 65
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2296h: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 65 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Hearing: 04/02/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:40 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1608s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1608s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1608s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1608s (Rep. Renzullo): MA VV 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 98; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cef67f62-7f89-4aa8-ab0a-3a6cc0c0a4f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).