---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the adoption of ambient groundwater quality standards by the department of environmental services."
description: "relative to the adoption of ambient groundwater quality standards by the department of environmental services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 123 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/797651f5-abc3-4503-ab49-8e187697dd5a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0874&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "74c603c2f9c8dd9757607b0900fdd5988a21b0c716835ca04900ec5f69bd71cf"
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 123 (2023) — relative to the adoption of ambient groundwater quality standards by the department of environmental services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0635s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0635s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Robert V. Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy E. N Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0635s, 03/09/2023; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0635s, AA, VV; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0635s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9 `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 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/12/2023 (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-20** Executive Session: 04/12/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/18/2023
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2023; Chapter 0070; Effective 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/797651f5-abc3-4503-ab49-8e187697dd5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).