---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the issuance of safe boater education certificates and commercial driving instruction."
description: "relative to the issuance of safe boater education certificates and commercial driving instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 307 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a6e766-e9f4-40f9-9d86-f26fd9441b48"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2936&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "1c6ad7e83e9d52453e691ee14b89dcfef6b7741f2fad5aae83214fa4c2421684"
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 307 (2022) — relative to the issuance of safe boater education certificates and commercial driving instruction.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0313s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0313s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Laura D. Telerski — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — 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, 02:00 pm; SC 50
- **2022-01-06** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:10 pm, on proposed amendment # 2022-0026s; SC 2
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0313s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0313s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0313s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2022 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Public Hearing: 03/01/2022 01:00 pm LOB201-203
- **2022-02-23** Executive Session: 03/01/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/10/2022 HJ 5
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/24/2022); SJ 5
- **2022-03-21** Signed by the Governor on 03/18/2022; Chapter 0008; Effective 03/18/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1a6e766-e9f4-40f9-9d86-f26fd9441b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).