---
type: "Bill"
title: "directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan."
description: "directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1468"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1468 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan H. Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d12749-6c89-47bf-a7e4-7d7cd957fb93"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2794&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "05f14d36a0abdbd7f0aa4fa34442cf7540301b4234197db8a07b6d9f55f06bcf"
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 1468 (2024) — directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0530h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0530h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1881&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jonathan H. Smith — primary (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M. Avellani — cosponsor (person)
- Mark E. McConkey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 01:15 pm LOB 201
- **2024-01-29** Executive Session: 02/07/2024 02:40 pm LOB 201
- **2024-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0530h 02/07/2024 (Vote 19-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0530h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0530h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Finance 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Division Work Session: 03/05/2024 02:40 pm LOB 209
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/26/2024 (Vote 23-2; RC) HC 14 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 46 `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, 01:30 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`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 137; eff. 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d12749-6c89-47bf-a7e4-7d7cd957fb93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).