---
type: "Bill"
title: "amending the laws governing OHRVs and snowmobiles."
description: "amending the laws governing OHRVs and snowmobiles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 591 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be400096-27f1-47b9-9c78-dfc48c8c215e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0627&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "8bfa16ae001fca5aa2efd4e9af5592edf4702f340bb5a0ab114c2c7b1be30745"
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 591 (2019) — amending the laws governing OHRVs and snowmobiles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1858s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1858s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/26/2019 10:45 am LOB 305-307
- **2019-02-28** Full Committee Work Session: 03/08/2019 10:00 am 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 # 2019-0975h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0975h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 31
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0975h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 31 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Hearing: 04/30/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 19
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1858s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2019-1858s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1858s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1858s (Rep. Suzanne Smith): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 11
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 216; Eff: 09/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be400096-27f1-47b9-9c78-dfc48c8c215e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).