---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the traffic safety commission."
description: "relative to the traffic safety commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1453"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1453 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acf1f8a-4a5b-4bfc-bf2b-3c1f8cb3074c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2251&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "23270bcce522d494f703be131fa98711f7556f3d342f765e20569965fa95001e"
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 1453 (2018) — relative to the traffic safety commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1493e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1493e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1264&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 203
- **2018-02-21** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0428h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 9 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0428h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 56
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0428h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 56 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/29/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 14
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; Vote 5-0; CC 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 # 2018-1493e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1493e: 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 72; 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/0acf1f8a-4a5b-4bfc-bf2b-3c1f8cb3074c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).