---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction."
description: "relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 445 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45e971c-a31c-43d6-9ec2-4a047d88436e"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1200&inflect=2"
source_hash: "43ce848c18bf22c2e38d64007478f73bf7d2e1b4305d745a832c8d97a48cf3dc"
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 445 (2026) — relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction.

## Version chain

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


## 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`
- **2026-01-06** Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 1
- **2026-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1126s, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1126s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-23** Committee Amendment # 2026-1126s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-27** Introduced (in recess of) 03/26/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 9 P. 54 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Public Hearing: 04/14/2026 10:45 am GP 153
- **2026-04-08** Full Committee Work Session: 04/14/2026 01:30 pm GP 153
- **2026-04-21** Full Committee Work Session: 04/28/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-04-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1661h 04/28/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 18 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Amendment # 2026-1661h: AA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1661h: MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-14** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 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 the Governor on 06/19/2026; Chapter 185; Effective 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/a45e971c-a31c-43d6-9ec2-4a047d88436e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).