---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to publication of annual county budgets."
description: "relative to publication of annual county budgets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 203 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jess C. Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10f8c2ed-8245-4c17-aa76-ad794ae277f0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0232&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "0bbd26d7ccf2903af20cde484624c64d10e2eebf67717d731df95b6ea2c44475"
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 203 (2023) — relative to publication of annual county budgets.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0358h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0358h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jess C. Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-15** Executive Session: 02/09/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0358h 02/09/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0358h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 11
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0358h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; 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 Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 20; eff: 07/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10f8c2ed-8245-4c17-aa76-ad794ae277f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).