---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to certain historic commemorations."
description: "relative to certain historic commemorations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 331 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db2ec841-8967-467c-be13-c3542504e87b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2829&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "74462c33cb23247315a8e9eec0a631aefe73a72f3cbc35fd22690afab8b7824d"
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 SB 331 (2024) — relative to certain historic commemorations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1708h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1708h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1920&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W.R. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- John B. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Hearing: 01/04/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 49
- **2024-01-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/18/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 6 P. 138 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 10:20 am LOB 203
- **2024-04-05** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2024 10:45 am LOB 203
- **2024-04-24** Executive Session: 05/01/2024 11:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1708h 05/01/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Amendment # 2024-1708h: AA VV 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 3
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1708h: MA VV 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0279; Effective 07/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db2ec841-8967-467c-be13-c3542504e87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).