---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the Hilton Park boat ramp."
description: "relative to the Hilton Park boat ramp."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f73827-1938-419c-b7d9-4244e8900878"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0979&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "94b03ec8ed5b6979f060baeeecf97f14a67e74e559f1f8160d63f016437c3109"
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 228 (2023) — relative to the Hilton Park boat ramp.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1462h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1462h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing: 02/07/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 9
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0403s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0403s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0403s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Public Works and Highways `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/13/2023 03:00 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 05/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1462h 05/09/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1462h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 14
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1462h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0229; Effective 08/04/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8f73827-1938-419c-b7d9-4244e8900878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).