---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to fees for simulcast racing."
description: "relative to fees for simulcast racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 245 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold F. French"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52bab72-de6a-4b06-aa9c-b896aaadb7ea"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1015&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "83a8b79d3e00978a74afd485b0869a802f2f5446b7f126985abae678b8ef4f01"
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 245 (2019) — relative to fees for simulcast racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1642h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1642h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Harold F. French — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Hearing: 02/06/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 9
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 03/14/2019; SC 13
- **2019-03-14** Rereferred to Committee, MF, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Sen. French Moved Ought to Pass; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `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 Ways and Means HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 01:00 pm LOB 202
- **2019-04-22** Full Committee Work Session: 04/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 202
- **2019-04-24** Executive Session: 04/30/2019 01:30 pm LOB 202
- **2019-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1642h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 23 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1642h: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 12
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1642h: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Feltes 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 246; Effective 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c52bab72-de6a-4b06-aa9c-b896aaadb7ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).