---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans."
description: "relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1468"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1468 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-04"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88b1df6-1985-4bf5-a4ad-51ccbacb0c0e"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2273&inflect=2"
source_hash: "dafedbf35292d9a8bc6db39d8545568f7a37dbcfe1192fd6f011cab1967047a8"
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 1468 (2026) — relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans.

## 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=23488&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30637&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33956&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32201&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Hope E Damon — cosponsor (person)
- John R Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Berch — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Ellen N Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-04** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 10:25 am GP 154
- **2026-01-22** Executive Session: 01/20/2026 10:25 am GP 154
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/20/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Hearing: 03/17/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:30 am; SC 10
- **2026-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1234s, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1234s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-03** Committee Amendment # 2026-1234s, AA, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1234s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 170; eff. 08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d88b1df6-1985-4bf5-a4ad-51ccbacb0c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).