---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to boating safety equipment rules and vessel numbering rules, and establishing a committee to study boat registrations fees."
description: "relative to boating safety equipment rules and vessel numbering rules, and establishing a committee to study boat registrations fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 137 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim L. Creighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-28"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e522d2-f0ca-4954-af07-a1a9da82fa5f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0332&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "cf5258ee97d53106756cdd09d931b098900b6dea1e4589566c8808a2c1b197d2"
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 137 (2023) — relative to boating safety equipment rules and vessel numbering rules, and establishing a committee to study boat registrations fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2181e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2181e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jim L. Creighton — primary (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Horgan — cosponsor (person)
- John T. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa C.M. Post — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Harb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert V. Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Vail — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Public Hearing: 02/21/2023 10:45 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/07/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:10 pm; SC 16
- **2023-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1338s, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Committee Amendment # 2023-1338s, AA, VV; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1338s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1338s (Rep. T. Walsh): MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 3
- **2023-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2181e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2181e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 76
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 116; Eff: I. Sec 3 eff 6/30/23 II. Rem eff 8/29/23 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e522d2-f0ca-4954-af07-a1a9da82fa5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).