---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study extended producer responsibility."
description: "establishing a committee to study extended producer responsibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 253 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucius Parshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85540cac-9199-402f-a4ff-202a395649f9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0353&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "18a17041cec13ed802ad79a029ec8b6b81275f8143467688fd230866fc783f15"
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 253 (2023) — establishing a committee to study extended producer responsibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0797h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0797h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Lucius Parshall — primary (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dutzy — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Caplan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/21/2023 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2023-02-23** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/28/2023 01:30 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-23** Full Committee Work Session: 02/28/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/07/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-03-01** Full Committee Work Session: 03/07/2023 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0797h 03/07/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0797h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 6
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0797h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Hearing: 05/23/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 23
- **2023-05-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/01/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Carson Moved to Remove HB 253 from the Consent Calendar; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-01** Special Order to 06/08/2023, Without Objection, MA; 06/01/2023 SJ 16
- **2023-06-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/08/2023; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/08/2023; SJ 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 124; Eff: 06/30/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85540cac-9199-402f-a4ff-202a395649f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).