---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an electric vehicle charging stations infrastructure commission."
description: "establishing an electric vehicle charging stations infrastructure commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 517 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e42476-1762-4172-870f-a32f58056474"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2813&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d935ee81c0424d90bdf994b6d004063d31523d5bf18079ffb472eacc6a5f12c9"
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 517 (2018) — establishing an electric vehicle charging stations infrastructure commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0746s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0746s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1829&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTP — **180–155** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: 01/30/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 5
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0618s, 02/22/2018; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0618s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2018-0746s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2018-0618s and 2018-0746s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 01:30 PM LOB 306-308
- **2018-04-04** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 9-4; RC) HC 14 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA RC 180-155 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 21 `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 0154 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-04** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2020
- **2018-06-04** II. Remainder Effective 05/30/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27e42476-1762-4172-870f-a32f58056474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).