---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to state park system fees for retired members of the armed forces."
description: "relative to state park system fees for retired members of the armed forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1179 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James F. Horgan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/426811fc-aac2-4d4b-8685-3bccdb3c3e84"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2153&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "cbacd179bed80b62e270ba70cca143bb209e134f7476b78bebaa69de58ad8abe"
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 1179 (2024) — relative to state park system fees for retired members of the armed forces.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2323e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2323e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1240&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James F. Horgan — primary (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Jim L. Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E Calabro — cosponsor (person)
- Susan M Porcelli — cosponsor (person)
- Tim S McGough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/12/2024 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-09** Executive Session: 01/19/2024 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0192h 01/19/2024 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 4 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment # 2024-0192h: AA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 36
- **2024-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0192h: MA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 36 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Ways and Means 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 36 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-15** Full Committee Work Session: 02/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/20/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing: 03/26/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 12
- **2024-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2024-2162s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2162s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Watters Moved to Reconsider the following action taken by this Body: Rescind Order to Third Reading, Reconsider the Vote on Ought to Pass with Amendment and Reconsider the vote on Floor Amendment 2024-2162s, MA VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Watters Withdraws Floor Amendment # 2024-2162s; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2323e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2323e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 44
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 227; eff.09/17/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/426811fc-aac2-4d4b-8685-3bccdb3c3e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).