---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to allowing toll-free use for vehicles registered with municipal plates."
description: "relative to allowing toll-free use for vehicles registered with municipal plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 470 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f428b32b-2b5e-4212-96a3-ce77e0a52ef8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3019&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "adb0e80a43dfbaf7081f9de903a6835ad5bb3c10776f9180e6b549b5658c0ae8"
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 SB 470 (2024) — relative to allowing toll-free use for vehicles registered with municipal plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0068s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0068s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2110&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Hearing: 01/04/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 49
- **2024-01-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0068s, 01/18/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-0068s, AA, VV; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0068s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Public Hearing: 03/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2024-03-25** Executive Session: 03/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2024-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/20/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 14 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0018; Effective 07/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f428b32b-2b5e-4212-96a3-ce77e0a52ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).