---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study rail trail best management practices."
description: "establishing a committee to study rail trail best management practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 311 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne J. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d0c89d-7df7-457b-bb1e-c93e9b41b763"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0414&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "90a3bc58257593a07f8e3e49af3f7c3797cf8373dc59c95b64a54df311c01f17"
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 HB 311 (2021) — establishing a committee to study rail trail best management practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0864s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0864s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne J. Smith — primary (person)
- Joyce Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Linda R. Gould — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/03/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following linkTo join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92220129569 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 17 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Remote Hearing: 03/16/2021, 01:45 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 15
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0864s, 03/25/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0864s, RC 24-0, MA; OT3rdg; 03/25/2021; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Committee Amendment # 2021-0864s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 03/25/2021; SJ 9
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-0864s (Rep. Renzullo): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 17
- **2021-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/10/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 23
- **2021-07-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2021; Chapter 94; Eff: 07/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d0c89d-7df7-457b-bb1e-c93e9b41b763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).