---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the authority of towns to issue bonds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure."
description: "relative to the authority of towns to issue bonds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 170 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dff1697-60db-429a-8d17-0871e2111bbf"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0794&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "0d503069a8e66c160b54e1424edfc7eab447f6caf261ca0cdfd522dc9a33e289"
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 SB 170 (2018) — relative to the authority of towns to issue bonds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1808e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1808e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=796&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: 02/08/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2017-02-22** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/09/2017; SC 12
- **2017-03-09** Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 03/09/2017; SJ 8
- **2017-03-09** Sen. Gray Moved to Rerefer, MA, VV; 03/09/2017; SJ 8
- **2017-11-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2497s, 01/03/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2017-2497s, AA, VV; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-2497s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 02:15 PM LOB 301
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 LOB 301
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 8 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1808e: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1808e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0118; Effective 05/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dff1697-60db-429a-8d17-0871e2111bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).