---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state."
description: "prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 416 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemarie Rung"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e13f36-4482-447a-9746-266d23e703a2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0181&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "a110fe7d6d8fbaa601a4eff284a2e4bae322de673317b1af8f95f5b112341f84"
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 416 (2025) — prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2141s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2141s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rosemarie Rung — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- John T MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Richard R Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 01:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0191h 03/07/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 17 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0191h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 12
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0191h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2141s, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-2141s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2141s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1711s (Rep. Roy): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 187; eff. 01/01/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7e13f36-4482-447a-9746-266d23e703a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).