---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to wastewater engineering."
description: "relative to wastewater engineering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 443 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6fdca66-09bd-4636-8de1-a1f3a67dd93a"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1434&inflect=2"
source_hash: "46f9f05a7ee805c315d94022ee654e866e514e3df55cae736b67ef2d107ebc1a"
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 443 (2026) — relative to wastewater engineering.

## 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=21990&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32484&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30717&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 1
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/12/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-16** Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 8 P. 114 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 01:00 pm GP 228
- **2026-04-01** Executive Session: 03/25/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/25/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 62; Effective 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6fdca66-09bd-4636-8de1-a1f3a67dd93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).