---
type: "Bill"
title: "amending the definition of headway speed."
description: "amending the definition of headway speed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f812489f-633e-492e-ab80-e7fffd126614"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0160&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "baff94021b742fe5ddd1276a3d5b5d0afaa7398ab9ef0cca8570aeb3521631ad"
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 188 (2019) — amending the definition of headway speed.

## Version chain

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


## 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. 40 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2019-01-23** Executive Session: 01/29/2019 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2019-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 21 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/19/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 14
- **2019-03-21** ==RESCHEDULED== Hearing: 03/26/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 15
- **2019-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2019; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled (In recess 04/25/2019); SJ 15
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled 04/11/2019 HJ 13 P. 127
- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 96; Eff: 08/20/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f812489f-633e-492e-ab80-e7fffd126614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).