---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to wastewater engineering."
description: "relative to wastewater engineering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 492"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 492 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0855bb80-64a1-4258-b8d4-0d8c7d917b1a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2886&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "73d185f9ff965f48c81b67dae1e0f267fb58f086ea3edde49a465c3a795e7b18"
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 492 (2024) — relative to wastewater engineering.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2308e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2308e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1977&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas L. Buco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 01/30/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0557s, 02/15/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0557s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0557s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/10/2024 01:45 pm LOB 305-307
- **2024-04-12** Executive Session: 04/24/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/24/2024 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 17 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Referred to Ways and Means 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 81 `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 80 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 05/02/2024 HJ 13
- **2024-06-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2308e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2308e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 42
- **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 0164; 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/0855bb80-64a1-4258-b8d4-0d8c7d917b1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).