---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to an exception to allow the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges."
description: "relative to an exception to allow the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1217 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Faulkner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9abd4492-c73c-4ce9-82ba-837c8ec91063"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2476&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "bcc59b513ebd42161fae445cb15af4ffc85e24cd0c00735f56fe0a8119f6fb07"
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 1217 (2024) — relative to an exception to allow the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2202e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2202e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1563&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Barry Faulkner — primary (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret M. Drye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/19/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-01-25** Executive Session: 02/02/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0233h 02/02/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0233h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 4
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0233h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-06** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: 03/19/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:10 pm; SC 11
- **2024-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2202e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2202e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 42
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 122; eff. 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9abd4492-c73c-4ce9-82ba-837c8ec91063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).