---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to commemorative license plates."
description: "relative to commemorative license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 515 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/affb7614-469c-4976-9615-4189ede50a59"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2765&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "85bbd7f4d86d8098f63b9ba4e2ad532da2f611448910848b7d749ef3ac9c1d65"
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 515 (2018) — relative to commemorative license plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1781&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: 01/30/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 5
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 04/10/2018 10:30 AM LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 15 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 13 `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 0152; Effective 07/29/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/affb7614-469c-4976-9615-4189ede50a59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).