---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally."
description: "authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1550"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1550 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen E. Ebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdb713da-1103-447d-add4-f9e1d516cff1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2524&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "2fbcc3691067eef2ba5899a0149646a6a7a4e1f18bad265f4aa524c8bfe714e6"
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 1550 (2024) — authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1527s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1527s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1611&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Karen E. Ebel — primary (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine A. Rombeau — cosponsor (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Milz — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Mark E. McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Edgar — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-02-07** Executive Session: 02/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0651h 02/13/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment # 2024-0651h: AA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 25
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0651h: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing: 03/26/2024, Room 103, LOB, 10:10 am; SC 12
- **2024-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1518s, 04/18/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Sen. Gray Moved to Remove HB 1550 from the Consent Calendar; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-1518s, AF, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2024-1527s, AA, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1527s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1527s (Rep. T. Walsh): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 25
- **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 249; eff. 07/19/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdb713da-1103-447d-add4-f9e1d516cff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).