---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the operation of keno games in unincorporated places and permitting keno games in cigar bars."
description: "relative to the operation of keno games in unincorporated places and permitting keno games in cigar bars."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 540 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973775d6-bd9f-464d-a322-dffc94fc8f6f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2790&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "38a2936d8e2c4d1e7acb6f02a022beb039d31c64c46ca6229bf115a7e3c86c36"
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 540 (2018) — relative to the operation of keno games in unincorporated places and permitting keno games in cigar bars.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1518h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1518h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1806&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **247–49** (pass) · lower
- Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment 1034 — **10–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- David Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Woodburn — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Heath — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Finance; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 4
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0980s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0980s, 03/14/2018; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2018-0980s, AA, VV; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment # 2018-1034s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2018-1101s, AA, VV; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2018-0980s and 2018-1101s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2018; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Introduced 03/15/2018 and referred to Education HJ 8 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 10:15 AM LOB 207
- **2018-04-03** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 LOB 207
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1315h (NT) for 04/12/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Amendment # 2018-1315h: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 3
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1315h: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Ways and Means 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 3
- **2018-04-12** Public Hearing: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 202
- **2018-04-18** Executive Session: 04/18/2018 LOB 202
- **2018-04-18** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1518h (NT) for 04/26/2018 (Vote 21-2; RC) HC 16 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1518h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1518h: MA RC 247-49 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Daniels Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** President Appoints: Senators Reagan, Giuda, D'Allesandro; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Reps. Ladd, Major): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Ladd, T. Wolf, Ohm, Martin 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2018, 10:30 am, Room 103, SH ==RECESSED==
- **2018-05-16** Conferee Change: Rep. Packard Replaces Rep. Ohm 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/17/2018, 12:30 pm, Room 103, SH
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2071c Filed 05/17/2018; As Amended by the House
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2071c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2071c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0332; Effective 06/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/973775d6-bd9f-464d-a322-dffc94fc8f6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).