---
type: "Bill"
title: "adding cyanobacteria and algae blooms to the study of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee."
description: "adding cyanobacteria and algae blooms to the study of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1148 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tanya Donnelly"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04860ce4-4181-4806-a627-fa3528848bf5"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1532&inflect=2"
source_hash: "65b6af0763daa94b729ec35b4e80ad627fcef353d2da2b88a32afcde6d08e1ec"
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 1148 (2026) — adding cyanobacteria and algae blooms to the study of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Tanya Donnelly — primary (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Will Darby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 02:00 pm GP 228
- **2026-02-09** Executive Session: 02/04/2026 02:00 pm GP 228
- **2026-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 7 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-25** Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 10
- **2026-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 89; eff. 07/27/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04860ce4-4181-4806-a627-fa3528848bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).