---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to termination of variances and special exceptions."
description: "relative to termination of variances and special exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1533"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1533 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7a768f-8044-40a8-9e80-7555195649b1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2127&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e19bc22e7fc5de7cfa7df17fafc69ca29c6dac3afef294d26660dbf6d1584df5"
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 1533 (2018) — relative to termination of variances and special exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0608h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0608h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1140&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Mark McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Sean D. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 02:30 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/06/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-01** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 02/20/2018 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2018-02-02** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2018 02:30 PM LOB 104
- **2018-02-02** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2018 09:30 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-08** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2018 10:45 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0608h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 9 P. 29 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0608h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 51
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0608h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 51 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing: 04/04/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **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 75; 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/2b7a768f-8044-40a8-9e80-7555195649b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).