---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to rules pertaining to marine species managed under the Magnusson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act."
description: "relative to rules pertaining to marine species managed under the Magnusson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20883989-5f53-4457-a2e3-12f9ec9bcbcf"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0066&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "d44de299f726eaab786adc42ee045f6741119b4aea760837fe5fd8274cf371bf"
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 138 (2019) — relative to rules pertaining to marine species managed under the Magnusson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2215e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2215e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 2 P. 39 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/22/2019 02:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-01-16** Executive Session: 01/29/2019 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 11 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 13 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Hearing: 05/01/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 19
- **2019-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2215e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2019); SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2215e: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **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 78; Eff: 08/17/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20883989-5f53-4457-a2e3-12f9ec9bcbcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).