---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to natural gas transmission pipeline safety."
description: "relative to natural gas transmission pipeline safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1491"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1491 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe H. Alexander"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-03"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6be97d2d-a84b-4876-9870-3fb99ead1010"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2487&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "18a1b1d065b0a66205af0b202413bbc1b99f14df7a36d0a7427fa190a37ab9e6"
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 1491 (2022) — relative to natural gas transmission pipeline safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0547h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0547h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Joe H. Alexander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-03** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/08/2022 3:00 p.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/01/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0547h (Vote 22-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0547h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0547h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Hearing: 03/29/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 13
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 75; Eff. 1/1/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6be97d2d-a84b-4876-9870-3fb99ead1010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).