---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state's highways and bridges and their resulting improvements to the environment."
description: "establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state's highways and bridges and their resulting improvements to the environment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1040"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1040 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman L. Major"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-02"
last_action: "2022-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59d271b-f568-4f11-8bef-4bbbde087477"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2184&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "066a7bc971705106cd248b2984bbd74843efce72619f1f76d192e0449c005ac6"
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 1040 (2022) — establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state's highways and bridges and their resulting improvements to the environment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1197s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1197s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Norman L. Major — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick F. Abrami — cosponsor (person)
- Susan W. Almy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-02** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Public Works and Highways `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/19/2022 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-01-27** Executive Session: 01/19/2022 01:00 pm LOB 201-203
- **2022-01-28** Executive Session: 01/27/2022 11:00 PM LOB 201-203
- **2022-02-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0205h(NT) (Vote 22-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0205h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Amendment # 2022-0205h: AA VV 02/17/2022 HJ 4
- **2022-02-18** Lay on Table (Rep. Graham): MF DV 85-249 02/17/2022 HJ 4
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Removed from Consent (Rep. Graham) 02/16/2022
- **2022-03-21** Hearing: 03/22/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 12
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1197s, 03/31/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1197s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1197s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Graham): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-08-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 255; I. Sec 2 eff. 11/01/2022 Rem eff. 6/24/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f59d271b-f568-4f11-8bef-4bbbde087477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).