---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to landowner liability under RSA 147-B, the hazardous waste cleanup fund."
description: "relative to landowner liability under RSA 147-B, the hazardous waste cleanup fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 62 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01dcb4d3-5736-452e-9b0d-11868ae54151"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0877&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "dd7bee631189114079e46390b8026457b44ef733e03e59b657cdc49c3511945e"
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 62 (2023) — relative to landowner liability under RSA 147-B, the hazardous waste cleanup fund.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/24/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 7
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-07** Introduced (in recess of) 04/06/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/25/2023 12:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 05/09/2023 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-02** Full Committee Work Session: 05/09/2023 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/09/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0096; Effective 06/20/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01dcb4d3-5736-452e-9b0d-11868ae54151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).