---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the composition of the state water well board."
description: "relative to the composition of the state water well board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1019"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1019 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Petrigno"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-07"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f103289-5ace-4c4e-9e9a-f2a5782846f8"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1540&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e0f1c48a6090a3550a2a1d9316cb2d3edcbd33d1e6bf38f91515223ceb3069a5"
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 1019 (2026) — relative to the composition of the state water well board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=20414&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=27972&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31287&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30114&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Peter Petrigno — primary (person)
- Allison Knab — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel T. Veilleux — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Paul P Dargie — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Ellen N Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1 P. 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-02-04** Executive Session: 02/11/2026 01:30 pm GP 228
- **2026-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0547h 02/11/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 9 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment # 2026-0547h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 32
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0547h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/18/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2026-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/09/2026); SJ 9 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 28
- **2026-04-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/22/2026; Chapter 29; eff. 04/22/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f103289-5ace-4c4e-9e9a-f2a5782846f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).