---
type: "Bill"
title: "recognizing May 3rd as Old Man of the Mountain Day."
description: "recognizing May 3rd as Old Man of the Mountain Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 96 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John M. Potucek"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80f4317d-2fa4-4060-b16f-e118240490cf"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0024&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c30bf289dd9a0f131aaf02fc11d627a22da0cc835ae479f4a567f6bbbc735002"
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 96 (2023) — recognizing May 3rd as Old Man of the Mountain Day.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Special Order — **353–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Potucek — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman A. Packard — cosponsor (person)
- Steve J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/15/2023 11:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/15/2023 (Vote 16-3; RC) HC 16 P. 27 `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-22** Special Order HB96 (Rep. Potucek): MA RC 353-26 By Necessary 3/5 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 29
- **2023-03-22** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DV 181-198 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 31 `failure`
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Sen. Gendreau Moved to Remove HB 96 from the Consent Calendar; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **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
- **2023-05-04** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/03/2023; Chapter 8; eff: 05/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80f4317d-2fa4-4060-b16f-e118240490cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).