---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to commercial lines modernization."
description: "relative to commercial lines modernization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1389 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24388e80-2e52-456b-9526-3b3f9b073ab2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2430&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "c02fddcceec29dffc28c7bc826aab70a3f56554f4fad268658033a192183c63e"
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 1389 (2018) — relative to commercial lines modernization.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1423e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1423e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1443&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 01:45 PM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 9 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 14
- **2018-03-28** 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`
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1423e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1423e: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 29
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 68; Eff. 7/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24388e80-2e52-456b-9526-3b3f9b073ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).