---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to cutting timber near certain waters and public highways."
description: "relative to cutting timber near certain waters and public highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 444 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f51c40-dc4d-4b22-82cf-23b8ef105e91"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2741&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "4dde6cf61f01c2a7c36ecab4244ef0bbe4a6ad4dcdf0ee704d7907371bbeca29"
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 444 (2018) — relative to cutting timber near certain waters and public highways.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1757&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Gene G. Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Herbert D. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert L. Theberge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-21** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 49
- **2018-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/01/2018; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 303
- **2018-04-12** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-04-18** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 LOB 305
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/26/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 16 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **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 0137; Effective 01/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f51c40-dc4d-4b22-82cf-23b8ef105e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).