---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to reinsurance."
description: "relative to reinsurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1605"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1605 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/274dce4e-9529-434b-a264-19ec6fac292f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2432&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "8c0c80d8163c3ac26f84ca1cacc226af4d22b2f6ad86f327c701ec071f1b2f4c"
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 1605 (2018) — relative to reinsurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1955e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1955e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1445&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 12 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1955e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1955e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 193; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/274dce4e-9529-434b-a264-19ec6fac292f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).