---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to lead in school drinking water."
description: "relative to lead in school drinking water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1421"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1421 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck W. Grassie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c9bed1f-a4f8-4661-a54e-50dbc5f8ab2b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2714&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "0ebdc0655c1b086393b3aa63ddb6c8a87c77a9fb573adf36c22a82d21a9bc233"
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 1421 (2022) — relative to lead in school drinking water.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2128e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2128e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Chuck W. Grassie — primary (person)
- Bill G. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David Meuse — cosponsor (person)
- Diane M. Langley — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-02-10** Executive Session: 01/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0612h (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0612h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0612h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: 03/15/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2022-04-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1365s, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Committee Amendment # 2022-1365s, AA, VV; 04/14/2022; SJ 8
- **2022-04-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1365s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/14/2022; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1665s, 04/28/2022; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Committee Amendment # 2022-1665s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-04-28** Sen. Rosenwald Floor Amendment # 2022-1839s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1665s and 2022-1839s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2022-1839s 2022-1665s 2022-1365s and Requests CofC (Reps. Ladd, Cordelli, B. Nelson, Ellison): MA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** President Appoints: Senators Ward, Hennessey, Rosenwald; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/17/2022 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-05-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2022-2034c; 05/26/2022
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2034c, Adopted, VV; 05/26/2022; SJ 13
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report 2022-2034c: Adopted, VV 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2128e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2128e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-07-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/08/2022; Chapter 325; 07/08/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c9bed1f-a4f8-4661-a54e-50dbc5f8ab2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).