---
type: "Bill"
title: "making an appropriation to the department of transportation for local highway aid and aid for municipal bridges, relative to distribution of highway aid, and relative to red list bridges."
description: "making an appropriation to the department of transportation for local highway aid and aid for municipal bridges, relative to distribution of highway aid, and relative to red list bridges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 38 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e1aff24-7a3b-4467-808a-9b2eb68a4f47"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0130&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "0e671fe61b60d777bdad8b081ca6ce3081fa1bf4388d33e880942cac1fd728bb"
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 38 (2017) — making an appropriation to the department of transportation for local highway aid and aid for municipal bridges, relative to distribution of highway aid, and relative to red list bridges.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1998h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1998h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and Referred to Finance; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Hearing: 01/17/2017, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 6
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0897s, 03/23/2017; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Committee Amendment # 2017-0897s, AA, VV; 03/23/2017; SJ 10
- **2017-03-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0897s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/23/2017; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Introduced 03/23/2017 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 11 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/11/2017 01:00 PM LOB 201
- **2017-04-05** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2017-1311h: 04/11/2017 01:15 PM LOB 201
- **2017-04-12** Executive Session: 04/18/2017 10:00 AM LOB 201
- **2017-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1437h (NT) for 05/04/2017 (Vote 16-1; RC) HC 22 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment # 2017-1437h: AA VV 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 35
- **2017-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1437h: MA VV 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 35 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Finance 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 37
- **2017-05-04** Division II Work Session: 05/11/2017 10:00 AM LOB 209
- **2017-05-10** Executive Session: 05/24/2017 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2017-05-10** Division II Work Session: 05/16/2017 11:00 AM LOB 209
- **2017-05-16** Division II Work Session: 05/23/2017 10:00 AM LOB 209
- **2017-05-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1998h for 06/01/2017 (Vote 26-0; RC) HC 26 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Amendment # 2017-1998h: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 120
- **2017-06-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1998h: MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 120 `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Daniels Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-22** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 23
- **2017-06-22** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-12** Signed by the Governor on 07/11/2017; Chapter 0227 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** I. Section 3-6 Effective 07/01/2017
- **2017-07-12** II. Remainder Effective 07/11/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e1aff24-7a3b-4467-808a-9b2eb68a4f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).