---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the state building code."
description: "relative to the state building code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 373"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 373 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc8de20-617d-4682-97b8-5f4246aa7a15"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3047&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "72e4a41b30ca9d36cbde74521370f75f85557ef30977a9d86e6dfd7b6957cd82"
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 373 (2024) — relative to the state building code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1855h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1855h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2138&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 02/07/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2024-03-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1364s, 04/05/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Sen. Watters Moved to Remove SB 373 from the Consent Calendar; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
- **2024-04-05** Special Order to the Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
- **2024-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1364s, 04/11/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Committee Amendment # 2024-1364s, AA, VV; 04/11/2024; SJ 9
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1364s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2024; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-12** Introduced 04/12/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 103 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Public Hearing: 04/24/2024 11:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-26** Executive Session: 05/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1855h (NT) 05/08/2024 (Vote 13-2; RC) HC 20 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1855h: AF DV 150-215 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 51
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 51 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0154; Effective 07/03/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc8de20-617d-4682-97b8-5f4246aa7a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).