---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the permit issuance timeline for state air permits and the department of environmental services duty to make annual reports."
description: "relative to the permit issuance timeline for state air permits and the department of environmental services duty to make annual reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 449 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/651538e5-8cab-40c2-9414-d3764be0c90c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3059&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e7f50132c8fafb52d5e23a377d94d0d17d88d6739de5be67d7e92245a03b1ed2"
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 449 (2024) — relative to the permit issuance timeline for state air permits and the department of environmental services duty to make annual reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1565h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1565h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2150&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Hearing: 03/12/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:35 am; SC 10
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1120s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1120s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1120s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/15/2024 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-17** Executive Session: 04/22/2024 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-17** Full Committee Work Session: 04/22/2024 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-23** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1565h (NT) 04/22/2024 (Vote 16-2; RC) HC 17 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-05-02** Amendment # 2024-1565h (NT): AA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 82
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1565h: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 83 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Avard 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 0294; Effective 09/24/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/651538e5-8cab-40c2-9414-d3764be0c90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).