---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an executive order registry."
description: "establishing an executive order registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1281 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. McConnell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03dfe8ad-796c-4cf5-8e95-8168abe72c6d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2069&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "079582521fcf57e336232b7be5bb4a1823212e536cd92c14b7b75cee176ba027"
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 1281 (2018) — establishing an executive order registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0193h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0193h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1082&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James W. McConnell — primary (person)
- Amelia Keane — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Glen C. Aldrich — cosponsor (person)
- John E. O'Day — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mindi F. Messmer — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 10:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 01/23/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0193h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 7 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0193h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 8
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0193h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Rules and Enrolled Bills; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing: 03/29/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled (In recess 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2018-05-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 28; Eff. 7/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03dfe8ad-796c-4cf5-8e95-8168abe72c6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).