---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to obedience to signals at railroad crossings."
description: "relative to obedience to signals at railroad crossings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1160"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1160 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de831370-b1a3-4ab8-a543-b8fd4b1f1ac0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2446&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "9a969f0d015a9b612a7120217eaff27ef15d3e34dfdea3a052faa03f95741d80"
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 1160 (2022) — relative to obedience to signals at railroad crossings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1207s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1207s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael B. O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/01/2022 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-02-03** Executive Session: 02/08/2022 02:30 PM LOB 201-203
- **2022-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0493h (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment # 2022-0493h: AA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0493h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing: 03/22/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 12
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1207s, 03/31/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1207s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1207s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Walsh): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 257; eff. 8/23/2022 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/de831370-b1a3-4ab8-a543-b8fd4b1f1ac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).