---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the timber tax."
description: "relative to the timber tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 514 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/162fcc33-3d66-48c3-908e-cae29ed9b9b3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2917&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "58640775e86f93c1671b99e969db2ac998b8ebbfaf18584d80fa4b793eff43dd"
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 514 (2024) — relative to the timber tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0167s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0167s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2008&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing: 01/17/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 3
- **2024-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0167s, 02/08/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Committee Amendment # 2024-0167s, AA, VV; 02/08/2024; SJ 3
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0167s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/08/2024; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/11/2024 02:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/26/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/26/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0019; 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/162fcc33-3d66-48c3-908e-cae29ed9b9b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).