---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study OHRV use in the state and clarifying certain towing statutes."
description: "establishing a commission to study OHRV use in the state and clarifying certain towing statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1188 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne J. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888f1653-141d-4cf9-8cac-39fe29dd437b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2015&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "bed4f754386575f3a14b8906506e1c935765bf0336f87a30a8a983e8420ec058"
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 1188 (2022) — establishing a commission to study OHRV use in the state and clarifying certain towing statutes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1691s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1691s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne J. Smith — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis J. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Eamon P. Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Linda R. Gould — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy T. Egan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Public Hearing: 02/02/2022 2:30 p.m. LOB305-307
- **2022-02-09** Executive Session: 02/09/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB305-307
- **2022-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0582h (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment # 2022-0582h: AA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0582h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** ===ROOM CHANGE=== Hearing: 04/05/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 14
- **2022-04-14** Hearing: 04/19/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm, on proposed amendment # 2022-1540s; SC 16
- **2022-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1691s, 04/28/2022; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Committee Amendment # 2022-1691s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1691s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Harb): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 301; I. Sec2 eff. 11/01/2026 II. Rem eff. 07/01/2022 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/888f1653-141d-4cf9-8cac-39fe29dd437b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).