---
type: "Bill"
title: "defining \"social districts\" and enabling municipalities to create social districts."
description: "defining \"social districts\" and enabling municipalities to create social districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 467"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 467 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Boyd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc2a9e7-ebef-4d30-ac9c-5fca74bf52de"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0706&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "fddd704bf07bc9297385ab535768f862531f56a1481cf4095c9fa7a3f2e48a27"
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 467 (2025) — defining "social districts" and enabling municipalities to create social districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1084h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1084h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bill Boyd — primary (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Grill — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi L Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 02:45 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/12/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-13** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-19** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1084h 03/19/2025 (Vote 14-2; RC) HC 17 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-1084h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 45
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1084h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 45 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-27** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Hearing: 05/06/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:10 am; SC 20
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-08** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025; Chapter 158; eff.09/05/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc2a9e7-ebef-4d30-ac9c-5fca74bf52de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).