---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program."
description: "relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 51 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17cbc2b-a90c-4ff0-b932-b3d06c5401af"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0359&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "3fdf7d4715b7141eeee81f3b2fed8cf04b733d28e2ad961d0d9ee5d8892eb722"
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 51 (2025) — relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0267s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0267s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Aboul B Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Mark McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- Will Darby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing: 01/28/2025, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 7
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0267s, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0267s, AA, VV; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0267s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2025; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 11 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-09** Executive Session: 04/07/2025 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/07/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 22 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2025; Chapter 0084; Effective 08/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17cbc2b-a90c-4ff0-b932-b3d06c5401af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).