---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to vessel registration and boat fee decals."
description: "relative to vessel registration and boat fee decals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1304 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim L. Creighton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0543d0bd-90c5-4716-8f33-4bb7315e101c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2247&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "b4c3874ba2e08d59769e5f43132c94ccc591de3797d3039bcbd5f4d83ee0ab50"
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 1304 (2024) — relative to vessel registration and boat fee decals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2309e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2309e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1334&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jim L. Creighton — primary (person)
- Charlie G. St. Clair — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Heather P Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Ames — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-01-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/16/2024 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-01-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0069h 01/30/2024 (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Amendment # 2024-0069h: AA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 14
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0069h: MA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Finance 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 14 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Division II Work Session: 03/05/2024 10:55 am LOB 209
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0933h 03/26/2024 (Vote 24-1; RC) HC 14 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-0933h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 41
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0933h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-16** Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:20 pm; SC 17
- **2024-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2309e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 42
- **2024-06-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2309e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **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 125; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0543d0bd-90c5-4716-8f33-4bb7315e101c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).