---
type: "Bill"
title: "naming a bridge in the town of Merrimack for the Honorable Richard \"Dick\" Hinch."
description: "naming a bridge in the town of Merrimack for the Honorable Richard \"Dick\" Hinch."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 20 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanine M. Notter"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04674b39-6028-43b1-a1b3-e8634e23317e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0119&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5d88bb6c81871f0caa24c19b61ae5805dea1a097f5c9cffc7663e3d4c122956d"
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 20 (2023) — naming a bridge in the town of Merrimack for the Honorable Richard "Dick" Hinch.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTP — **356–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeanine M. Notter — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert V. Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman A. Packard — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Public Works and Highways `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/03/2023 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 12 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA RC 356-4 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-23** Special Order HB20 (Rep. Notter): MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 14
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 15
- **2023-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 24; eff: 05/04/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-09** Executive Session: 02/03/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203 HC 11

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04674b39-6028-43b1-a1b3-e8634e23317e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).