---
type: "Bill"
title: "transferring the division of film and digital media to the division of travel and tourism in the department of business and economic affairs."
description: "transferring the division of film and digital media to the division of travel and tourism in the department of business and economic affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1738"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1738 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Sytek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-17"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/224c2a27-a717-4ad9-9a4c-9ca9f0401c98"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2595&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "89e0df3ef80bfbde441a878bbcce0f9bee1048680636d992d8880448478cadc4"
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 1738 (2018) — transferring the division of film and digital media to the division of travel and tourism in the department of business and economic affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1860e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1860e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1608&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Sytek — primary (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-17** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 10:15 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0085h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 7 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0085h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 11
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0085h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 11 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1468s, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Committee Amendment # 2018-1468s, AA, VV; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1468s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1468s (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 04/26/2018 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1860e: AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1860e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-11** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 200; Eff. 7/1/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/224c2a27-a717-4ad9-9a4c-9ca9f0401c98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).