---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an optional tax credit for combat service."
description: "establishing an optional tax credit for combat service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 511"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 511 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Woodburn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b3a1610-689d-40aa-8e10-2dff9de5f74c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2775&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "1a8f35a7d0051ee8c6d6a9bfd154c8191e357a666cbf5cfbbd6e46ce116ff8df"
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 511 (2018) — establishing an optional tax credit for combat service.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1105s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1105s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1791&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jeff Woodburn — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Sanborn — cosponsor (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: 01/31/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 3
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1105s, 03/21/2018; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2018-1105s, AA, VV; 03/21/2018; SJ 9
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1105s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2018; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 10 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 11:30 AM LOB 301
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 LOB 301
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0151; Effective 01/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b3a1610-689d-40aa-8e10-2dff9de5f74c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).