---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to wastewater surcharges."
description: "relative to wastewater surcharges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 589"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282550de-3c64-4aae-9373-1f90bb3eefc0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3149&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c385ca709a75c5a43ad99dde403d4541430e92a44d6cf30be56f4163acb7c31a"
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 589 (2024) — relative to wastewater surcharges.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1595h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1595h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2248&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** Introduced 01/18/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Hearing: 03/05/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2024-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1036s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1036s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1036s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/10/2024 03:00 pm LOB 305-307
- **2024-04-12** Executive Session: 04/24/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-04-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/24/2024 (Vote 19-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1595h `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 63 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0175; Effective 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/282550de-3c64-4aae-9373-1f90bb3eefc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).