---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets."
description: "repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1416"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1416 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth L. Weyler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a615f4-889d-412d-9459-807acab99ef5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2695&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "ef19264ed147ae1f9ea4aab8a1cd76f707e553000d611cb2d000dae503f703f1"
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 1416 (2018) — repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0347h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0347h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1708&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **197–140** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **224–113** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth L. Weyler — primary (person)
- John A. Burt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/23/2018 01:00 PM LOB 204
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-07** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0347h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 7 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0347h: AA RC 224-113 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 18
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0347h: MA RC 197-140 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 20 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: RC 17Y-7N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 38; Eff. 5/15/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5a615f4-889d-412d-9459-807acab99ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).