---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing the use of side exhausts for antique vehicles."
description: "authorizing the use of side exhausts for antique vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1534"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1534 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-09"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c8e8e9-72b5-4a5b-abb5-a2f9f9a9c572"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2567&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2ab6d3a8286993b70aebb1930ed39f624d4585776aa86e10b7643c0a4eca7295"
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 1534 (2022) — authorizing the use of side exhausts for antique vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0908h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0908h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Thomas C. Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/08/2022 10:50 am LOB201-203
- **2022-02-23** Executive Session: 03/01/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0908h (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment # 2022-0908h: AA VV 03/10/2022
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0908h: MA VV 03/10/2022 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** 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, 01:15 pm; SC 14
- **2022-04-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 81; Eff. 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c8e8e9-72b5-4a5b-abb5-a2f9f9a9c572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).