---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of the left lane of a multilane roadway."
description: "relative to the use of the left lane of a multilane roadway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1595 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed A. Panasiti"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98b8ffe1-2cab-47ef-9fda-69b7b770377d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2381&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "5add03c17ca58903fd52078c8db3f34760110438cd3215584ba5e292b7617b39"
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 1595 (2018) — relative to the use of the left lane of a multilane roadway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1714s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1714s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1394&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Reed A. Panasiti — primary (person)
- Matthew Spencer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 02:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-02-21** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0579h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0579h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 57
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0579h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 57 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 17
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Remove HB 1595 from the Consent Calendar; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to 05/02/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2018-1714s, AA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1714s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1714s (Rep. Steven Smith): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2018; Chapter 281; 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/98b8ffe1-2cab-47ef-9fda-69b7b770377d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).