---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to local authority to amend the state building code."
description: "relative to local authority to amend the state building code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 437 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f0763fc-77f3-4004-8af1-0b986733593f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3065&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "6b220da7dafc2368d949bc939b1beff274a1119d8cf63c9544422f425ee74554"
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 437 (2024) — relative to local authority to amend the state building code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0712s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0712s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2156&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — 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, 09:15 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0712s, 02/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Committee Amendment # 2024-0712s, AA, VV; 02/21/2024; SJ 5
- **2024-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0712s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2024; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/10/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-15** Executive Session: 04/23/2024 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-16** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-19** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/23/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 17 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 176
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor on 05/31/2024; Chapter 0040; Effective 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f0763fc-77f3-4004-8af1-0b986733593f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).