---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to development of the New Hampshire state rail trails plan by the department of transportation and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "relative to development of the New Hampshire state rail trails plan by the department of transportation and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 185 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a145f63e-2f5b-48a0-b8d6-f398ba48259f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0277&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "bdc7fe6bd14e21d345cee7e0da54f754446ae668e8003c3c0da5648396da97de"
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 185 (2019) — relative to development of the New Hampshire state rail trails plan by the department of transportation and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1618h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1618h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: 01/29/2019, Room 103, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 8
- **2019-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0209s, 02/14/2019; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0209s, AA, VV; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0209s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 11 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2019 11:00 am LOB 201
- **2019-04-17** Executive Session: 04/24/2019 11:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1618h (NT) for 05/08/2019 (Vote 18-1; RC) HC 23 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1618h (NT): AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 38
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1618h (NT): MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 38 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Finance 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 38
- **2019-05-10** Division II Work Session: 05/21/2019 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2019-05-22** Executive Session: 05/29/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-05-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 06/05/2019 (Vote 22-0; RC) HC 27 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 61 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Watters Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 240; Effective 07/12/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a145f63e-2f5b-48a0-b8d6-f398ba48259f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).