---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the state fire code, fire incident reporting and investigations, and the duties of the state fire marshal."
description: "relative to the state fire code, fire incident reporting and investigations, and the duties of the state fire marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 494 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf26a02f-9e48-4190-b6dd-ff7f989d077a"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1248&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e89c28d461f526b6c828891e65a99f45f92d49a7b940ee0e09fe82dd34034c6b"
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 494 (2026) — relative to the state fire code, fire incident reporting and investigations, and the duties of the state fire marshal.

## 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=22069&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26516&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33411&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31533&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 1
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0371s, 02/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Amendment # 2026-0371s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0371s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/12/2026; Vote 7-0; 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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 8 P. 114 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 01:20 pm GP 231
- **2026-04-01** Full Committee Work Session: 04/08/2026 10:00 am GP 231
- **2026-04-15** Executive Session: 04/08/2026 10:00 am GP 231
- **2026-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/08/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-23** Referred to Finance 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **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
- **2026-05-29** Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 104; Effective 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/cf26a02f-9e48-4190-b6dd-ff7f989d077a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).