---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the purchase of duck stamps and the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the fish and game commission."
description: "relative to the purchase of duck stamps and the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the fish and game commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 18 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47cb2159-0110-4c95-8665-3396ea770024"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0762&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ad5fc4e792e45aee94fa701716ce97d1631c514d86e19bce18f743531a373733"
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 18 (2023) — relative to the purchase of duck stamps and the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the fish and game commission.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6
- **2023-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/26/2023; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Public Hearing: 04/04/2023 10:15 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-13** Executive Session: 04/04/2023 10:15 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/04/2023 (Vote 11-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0050; Effective 07/31/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47cb2159-0110-4c95-8665-3396ea770024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).