---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to electric vehicle charging stations."
description: "relative to electric vehicle charging stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 575"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 575 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4293f9a1-3570-4157-bbc7-22a1dccf5cf0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2812&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "700c057e3dec443fe24fe177094f872e38fde6cd069e65a55a95964f63dfd07a"
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 575 (2018) — relative to electric vehicle charging stations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1294h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1294h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1828&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **19–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Dale R. Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Walker Oxenham — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 4
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0620s, 02/22/2018; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0620s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0620s, RC 19Y-3N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 7 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 01:00 PM LOB 306-308
- **2018-04-04** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1294h for 04/12/2018 (Vote 10-3; RC) HC 14 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/03/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-12** Amendment # 2018-1294h: AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 23
- **2018-04-12** FLAM # 2018-1375h (Rep. Steven Smith): AA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 24
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1294h and 1375h: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 24 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Finance 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 24
- **2018-04-12** Division II Work Session: 04/17/2018 02:00 PM LOB 209
- **2018-04-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/18/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Division II Work Session: 04/24/2018 01:00 PM LOB 209
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2018 (Vote 26-0; CC) HC 17 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0262; Effective 08/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4293f9a1-3570-4157-bbc7-22a1dccf5cf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).