---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances."
description: "relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 283 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith R. Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ddc104a-212c-4432-8058-57f86c6e4a34"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1093&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "86190963433a926ec3339899a7495bd9eccc65083821aa481314c61705ed491f"
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 283 (2025) — relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2910e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2910e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Keith R. Murphy — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Hearing: 03/04/2025, Room 100, SH, 11:00 am; SC 11
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/20/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/08/2025 01:30 pm LOB 305
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1596h 05/06/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment # 2025-1596h: AA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 7
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1596h: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2910e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2910e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-08-04** Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0301; Effective 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ddc104a-212c-4432-8058-57f86c6e4a34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).