republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2023/hb-442.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	relative to the removal of derelict fishing gear.	relative to the removal of derelict fishing gear.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2023	HB 442	New Hampshire HB 442 (2023)	bill		enacted	Gregory G. Hill	1	30	3	2023-01-11	2023-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8e1e7c80-838a-47a8-b398-90876c889b93	https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0741&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023	1c6e0b2aa07c763b1fe659b9a0695da8489fa4e2ac28edeea32358acc8b90f1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire HB 442 (2023) — relative to the removal of derelict fishing gear.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2023-1885s (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Amendment 0709 — 271–105 (pass) · lower
• OTPA — 276–100 (pass) · lower
• Table — 131–245 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Gregory G. Hill — primary (person)
• Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
• Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
• James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
• Jason A. Janvrin — cosponsor (person)
• John Lewicke — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 3 P. 16 introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 01/31/2023 11:00 am LOB 305-307
• 2023-03-01 Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-0709h: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 305-307
• 2023-03-03 ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/29/2023 07:00 am LOB 305-307
• 2023-03-03 Executive Session: 03/07/2023 01:00 pm LOB 305-307
• 2023-03-13 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0709h 03/07/2023 (Vote 13-7; RC) HC 16 P. 31 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-03-13 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
• 2023-03-22 Lay HB442 on Table (Rep. C. Harvey): MF RC 131-245 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 97 deferral
• 2023-03-22 Amendment # 2023-0709h: AA RC 271-105 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 99
• 2023-03-22 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0709h: MA RC 276-100 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 101 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-03-24 Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 ==RECESSED== Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 16
• 2023-04-05 ==RECONVENE== Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 17
• 2023-05-16 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1885s, 05/18/2023; SC 22A committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-05-18 Sen. Avard Moved to Rerefer to Committee, MF, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
• 2023-05-18 Committee Amendment # 2023-1885s, AA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
• 2023-05-18 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1885s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-05-23 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/01/2023; SC 24 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-01 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/01/2023; SJ 16 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-12 House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1885s and Requests CofC (Reps. Spillane, T. Walsh, Hill, D. Ford): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
• 2023-06-15 Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
• 2023-06-15 President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Rosenwald; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
• 2023-06-21 Conference Committee Meeting: 06/21/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
• 2023-06-20 Conferee Change: Rep. Pare Replaces Rep. Ford 06/20/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
• 2023-06-22 Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2023-2228c; 06/29/2023
• 2023-06-29 Conference Committee Report 2023-2228c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 6
• 2023-06-29 Conference Committee Report # 2023-2228c, Adopted, VV; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
• 2023-07-18 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 enrolled
• 2023-07-19 Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
• 2023-08-09 Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 195; eff: 07/01/2023 HJ 17 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e1e7c80-838a-47a8-b398-90876c889b93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).