---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the regulation of event tents."
description: "relative to the regulation of event tents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1421"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1421 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wallace"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273882c9-4611-4419-96f3-9007509d7b2d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2275&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "21dd39094d276fdb4838c7aa37a4394308a4183cfca6455447f4595e4893b8f1"
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 1421 (2018) — relative to the regulation of event tents.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0849h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0849h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1288&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Scott Wallace — primary (person)
- David A. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Burt — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/11/2018 11:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/26/2018 01:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-02-21** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/26/2018 10:30 AM LOB 308
- **2018-02-28** Executive Session: 02/27/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0849h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0849h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 34
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0849h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 34 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing: 03/21/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 13
- **2018-03-22** 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 39; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273882c9-4611-4419-96f3-9007509d7b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).