---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to African American burial grounds."
description: "relative to African American burial grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 11 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a2d805-4c7f-4f5a-961b-55d470baa39e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0564&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "4dd1639c50c4db3e7d1fa9dae6f152979dfecaad0c52cdec2ef956e10a51354a"
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 11 (2023) — relative to African American burial grounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2242e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2242e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** Hearing: 01/10/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2023-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0014s, 01/19/2023; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Amendment # 2023-0014s, AA, VV; 01/19/2023; SJ 4
- **2023-01-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0014s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/19/2023; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 01:00 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-26** Full Committee Work Session: 05/03/2023 02:00 pm LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-02** Full Committee Work Session: 05/10/2023 09:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-03** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/10/2023 09:10 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-10** Executive Session: 05/17/2023 09:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1597h 05/17/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1597h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 14
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1597h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2242e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-07-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2242e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0200; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65a2d805-4c7f-4f5a-961b-55d470baa39e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).