---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to shore lights."
description: "relative to shore lights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437b21e0-89f7-4e49-81fc-74594166e0b8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1111&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "9ef4038001844f8d44a38392bd8b20e3ceeecf1b0df4dd7b472bd24c399b1436"
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 188 (2019) — relative to shore lights.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J Starr — cosponsor (person)
- Edward M. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Harry H. Viens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-02-11** ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 03/05/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 12
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Public Hearing: 04/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-05-01** Executive Session: 05/14/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/23/2019 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 25 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 19 `passage`
- **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 the Governor on 06/18/2019; Chapter 0090; Effective 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/437b21e0-89f7-4e49-81fc-74594166e0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).