---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the purchase of property for the construction of roads."
description: "relative to the purchase of property for the construction of roads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 519"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 519 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a13b0a-d43a-42de-a609-4e29c1e6e7bd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2858&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "056478d386982d33110d2414dd698ffc6faef942640ac0eca8a37d05074dd63e"
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 519 (2018) — relative to the purchase of property for the construction of roads.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0625s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0625s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1874&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — 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`
- **2018-01-30** Hearing: 02/06/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 6
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0625s, 02/22/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0625s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0625s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 01:00 PM LOB 201
- **2018-04-04** Full Committee Work Session: 04/10/2018 01:20 PM LOB 201
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 201
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 15 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 12 `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 0155; Effective 07/29/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a13b0a-d43a-42de-a609-4e29c1e6e7bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).