---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings."
description: "relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 282 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith R. Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3190fd-ac7d-4c5a-9fe9-27156fd3f705"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1083&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "72f0c594fff6147b14aad8fe882f2634a9b4576299d7b26550bd9274ccc83053"
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 282 (2025) — relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1701h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1701h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Keith R. Murphy — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 10
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0905s, 03/20/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Amendment # 2025-0905s, AA, VV; 03/20/2025; SJ 8
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0905s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 04/08/2025 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2025-04-08** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 01:30 pm LOB
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1701h 05/06/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment # 2025-1701h: AA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 6
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1701h: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0257; Effective 07/15/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3190fd-ac7d-4c5a-9fe9-27156fd3f705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).