---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure."
description: "relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 541 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-24"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/585abb41-8ba6-4930-8a62-16fba3e1e875"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1343&inflect=2"
source_hash: "2fca66fc5ffb7a139eeacfeab212430077672bcabb434d9837a287343df687b0"
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 541 (2026) — relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22189&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30160&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33986&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32832&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-24** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 1
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1223s, 03/26/2026; Vote 7-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** SB 541 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-26** Committee Amendment # 2026-1223s, AF, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-26** Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2026-1274s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1274s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-27** Introduced 03/26/2026 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 9 P. 54 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/07/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-04-15** Executive Session: 04/07/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/07/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-23** Referred to Finance 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-28** Executive Session: 05/05/2026 10:30 am GP 230
- **2026-04-28** Division I Work Session: 05/04/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/05/2026 (Vote 24-0; CC) HC 19 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by the Governor on 06/19/2026; Chapter 194; Effective 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/585abb41-8ba6-4930-8a62-16fba3e1e875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).