---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the use of liquid de-icers and solid salt on roads."
description: "establishing a committee to study the use of liquid de-icers and solid salt on roads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1651 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Walsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47997ef6-af52-493a-b936-bdf45ed5f1d8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2634&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "dec42b701140e7d5b08a29137b8616abde0b7e509e19c750104c0020bd43189c"
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 1651 (2018) — establishing a committee to study the use of liquid de-icers and solid salt on roads.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1163s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1163s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1647&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Thomas C. Walsh — primary (person)
- Sherman A. Packard — 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. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 03:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-01-24** Executive Session: 01/23/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 5 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 16 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Hearing: 03/06/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 9
- **2018-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1163s, 04/05/2018; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Committee Amendment # 2018-1163s, AA, VV; 04/05/2018; SJ 11
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1163s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1163s (Rep. Steven Smith): MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **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 84; Eff. 5/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47997ef6-af52-493a-b936-bdf45ed5f1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).