---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation."
description: "relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 25 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b201e4-41c0-4e8b-841e-cdea709b736f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0809&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "f5b444ad631a2511e71a5d82ab3f20935e501b2a2627e473f12922951d08df96"
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 25 (2017) — relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0474s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0474s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** To Be Introduced 01/05/2017 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Hearing: 01/10/2017, Room 103, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 5
- **2017-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0474s, 02/23/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee Amendment # 2017-0474s, AA, VV; 02/23/2017; SJ 7
- **2017-02-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0474s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/23/2017; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/16/2017; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2017; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Introduced 03/09/2017 and referred to Transportation HJ 10 P. 76 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
- **2017-03-21** Executive Session: 03/29/2017 11:00 AM LOB 203
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/20/2017 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 20 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 9 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Finance 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 9
- **2017-04-20** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 10
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **2017-05-10** Signed by the Governor on 05/09/2017; Chapter 0033 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** I. Section 2 Effective 07/01/2018
- **2017-05-10** II. Section 3 Effective 07/01/2019
- **2017-05-10** III. Remainder Effective 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b201e4-41c0-4e8b-841e-cdea709b736f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).