---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the operation of personal water craft in marked channels from Hampton Falls to Hampton Harbor."
description: "relative to the operation of personal water craft in marked channels from Hampton Falls to Hampton Harbor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 305 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19914ef0-a17f-42e8-adcf-219a9dd13e5d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2885&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "d88f080773a24deda88ac1d1f9bbc6c8c41a70f9805acf17ec6acf04b03ff5e8"
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 305 (2022) — relative to the operation of personal water craft in marked channels from Hampton Falls to Hampton Harbor.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Kate R. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Edgar — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-22** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:20 pm; SC 50
- **2022-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 10:00 am LOB 305-307
- **2022-04-05** Executive Session: 04/20/2022 10:45 am LOB 305-307
- **2022-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0162; Effective 06/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19914ef0-a17f-42e8-adcf-219a9dd13e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).