---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to examine the effects of wake boats in the state of New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a commission to examine the effects of wake boats in the state of New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8babcfaf-fec0-4baf-8c3c-3b2550fea526"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0065&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "104fbc1ab02191a8d9bb3b048c33aa389e468d55e788b097c33e8d74d7be75df"
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 HB 137 (2019) — establishing a commission to examine the effects of wake boats in the state of New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1651s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1651s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 2 P. 39 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 02:20 pm LOB 305
- **2019-01-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/22/2019 02:30 pm LOB 104
- **2019-02-15** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/06/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-02-28** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2019 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2019-03-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2019 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2019-03-06** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0931h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0931h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 29
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0931h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 29 `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing: 04/23/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 18
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1651s, 05/02/2019; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1651s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1651s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1651s (Rep. Suzanne Smith): MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2019; Chapter 77; I. Sec. 2 Eff: 06/30/2020 II. Rem. Eff: 06/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8babcfaf-fec0-4baf-8c3c-3b2550fea526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).