---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit."
description: "prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 393 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan H Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34482cdf-223f-457f-9ded-ab2dd0dc9f53"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0472&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "2f3f7bd8fd4cad1326823ab45a3412c1496ed6d4c1e912c49b2c51e87f45d1c2"
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 393 (2025) — prohibiting mooring of boats without a permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0126h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0126h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jonathan H Smith — primary (person)
- David Paige — cosponsor (person)
- John T MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M Avellani — cosponsor (person)
- Richard R Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen L Woodcock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 11:30 am LOB 305
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/29/2025 10:15 am LOB 305
- **2025-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0126h 01/29/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 11 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment # 2025-0126h: AA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 14
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0126h: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 101, LOB, 01:50 pm; SC 14
- **2025-03-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59
- **2025-06-03** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 50; eff. 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34482cdf-223f-457f-9ded-ab2dd0dc9f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).