---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities."
description: "relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 230 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juliet Harvey-Bolia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd73773c-da27-4e29-b28c-37c866293336"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0282&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "47f49c8d640d3a7c9ee89f7e3eebcdfb9eb2c63877f040f2ea6d130a9085fea4"
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 HB 230 (2025) — relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0277h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0277h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Drago — cosponsor (person)
- Tom D Mannion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 201
- **2025-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0277h 02/18/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0277h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 17
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0277h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 60; 08/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd73773c-da27-4e29-b28c-37c866293336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).