---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to posting and notification requirements for employers, establishing criteria for workplace inspections, and amending certain provisions of the youth employment law."
description: "relative to posting and notification requirements for employers, establishing criteria for workplace inspections, and amending certain provisions of the youth employment law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 318 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold F. French"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd729b0-3643-430f-95ec-6cfb0bdd2c4e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2900&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "98e195b8cde6b0c9273c716aa14f721e952c38dd2a0213541bb1955b3bb33552"
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 318 (2018) — relative to posting and notification requirements for employers, establishing criteria for workplace inspections, and amending certain provisions of the youth employment law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1433h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1433h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1916&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **149–154** (fail) · lower
- Conference Committee Report 2039c — **12–11** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1198s: All Remaining Sections and Sec.13 — **11–10** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1198s: Sec.8 and Sec.13 — **12–9** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1198s: Sec.7.VII and Sec.13 — **12–9** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **11–10** (pass) · upper
- Adopt CofC — **182–156** (pass) · lower
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1198s: Sec.7.VI and Sec.13 — **11–10** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1198s: Sec.12 and Sec.13 — **11–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harold F. French — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 2
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0981s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0981s, 03/14/2018; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Special Order to 03/15/2018, Without Objection, MA; 03/14/2018 SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0981s, 03/15/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/15/2018; SJ 8
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0981s, 03/21/2018; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Special Order to 03/22/2018, Without Objection, MA; 03/21/2018 SJ 9
- **2018-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0981s, 03/22/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Special Order to to after the addendum, Without Objection, MA; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0981s, AF, VV; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Feltes Moved to divide the Question on 2018-1198s: Sec. 7.VII, Sec. 13; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sections 7.VII and 13, RC 12Y-9N, Adopted; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Feltes Moved to divide the Question on 2018-1198s: Sec.8, Sec.13; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sections 8 and 13, RC 12Y-9N, Adopted; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Feltes Moved to divide the Question on 2018-1198s: Sec.12, Sec.13; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sections 12 and 13, RC 11Y-10N, Adopted; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Gannon Moved to divide the Question on 2018-1198s: Sec.7.VI, Sec.13; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sections 7.VI and 13, RC 11Y-10N, Adopted; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** 2018-1198s All Remaining Sections, and Sec.13, RC 11Y-10N, Adopted; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1198s, RC 11Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/22/2018; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Bradley Offered Floor Amendment # 2018-1198s; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-23** Sen. Feltes Moved to divide the Question on 2018-1198s; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 10 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-04-04** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/10/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
- **2018-04-06** Full Committee Work Session: 04/11/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 LOB 307
- **2018-04-11** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1433h (NT) for 04/26/2018 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 16 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1433h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** FLAM # 2018-1726h (Rep. D. Ley): AF RC 149-154 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1433h: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Sanborn Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** President Appoints: Senators Sanborn, French, Lasky; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. S. Schmidt): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Murphy, Avellani, S. Schmidt, Baldasaro 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2018, 12:30 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2039c Filed 05/17/2018; House Amendment + New Amendment
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2039c: Adopted, RC 182-156 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2039c; RC 12Y-11N, Adopted; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0312; Effective 06/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd729b0-3643-430f-95ec-6cfb0bdd2c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).