---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to local organization for emergency management and first responders."
description: "relative to local organization for emergency management and first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin J. Cavanaugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43750fd4-c2e5-439b-830e-184d51a807fd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3060&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b72624001f51d8db8af7fd4884d51fc56d0a8fbb1082eeba41d7be70d91f46b0"
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 325 (2022) — relative to local organization for emergency management and first responders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0705s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0705s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **248–84** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Edgar — cosponsor (person)
- Sue M. Mullen — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas L. Buco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Hearing: 02/07/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 6
- **2022-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0705s, 02/24/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0705s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Committee Amendment # 2022-0705s, AA, VV; 02/24/2022; SJ 4
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-25** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 15-4; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA RC 248-84 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0166; Effective 08/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43750fd4-c2e5-439b-830e-184d51a807fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).