---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the towing of inflatables by motorboats."
description: "relative to the towing of inflatables by motorboats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1249 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. Spillane"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd59775d-a476-427d-861f-97945da7fd7c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2216&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "844d5c597de21e91df5deb9a9b637cd0222fbbdd7b1de882eab2e6a2bc43fa54"
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 1249 (2024) — relative to the towing of inflatables by motorboats.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0417h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0417h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1304&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James A. Spillane — primary (person)
- Cyril Nicholas Aures — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 03:00 pm LOB 305
- **2024-01-31** Executive Session: 02/07/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0417h 02/07/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0417h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 18
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0417h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 19 `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, 01:20 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`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 70; eff. 8/13/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd59775d-a476-427d-861f-97945da7fd7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).