---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit."
description: "relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 503 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Gannon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ffe9af-383b-4f62-8e12-a24dde0d2f14"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2815&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "a16c91c574c604d4a9efaac258aab85afa529bd6dff1eb26177149c9cbb718b1"
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 503 (2018) — relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0793s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0793s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1831&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Inexpedient to Legislate — **11–11** (fail) · upper
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- ITL — **147–185** (fail) · lower
- Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment 0793s — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Gannon — primary (person)
- Andy Sanborn — cosponsor (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James W. McConnell — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria L. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne M. Burton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Hearing: 01/24/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 3
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/15/2018; SC 7
- **2018-02-15** Special Order to 02/22/2018, Without Objection, MA; 02/15/2018 SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/22/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-22** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 11Y-11N, MF; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Sen. Gannon Moved Ought to Pass; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2018-0793s, RC 22Y-0N, AA; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0793s, RC 22Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 11:20 AM LOB 301
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 LOB 301
- **2018-04-12** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 04/19/2018 (Vote 11-7; RC) HC 15 P. 14
- **2018-04-12** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2018-04-19** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 147-185 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 27
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 29 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0148; Effective 04/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ffe9af-383b-4f62-8e12-a24dde0d2f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).