---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to decal fees for multi-use veterans decal plates."
description: "relative to decal fees for multi-use veterans decal plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1256 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761840e9-57e1-4672-961a-726a3a942fdd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2283&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "07d1a95a1dbefdfcf0dedc2b33529335c7b4b3157f8c577a55902ce004ab4a7c"
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 1256 (2018) — relative to decal fees for multi-use veterans decal plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1296&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 10:00 AM LOB 203
- **2018-01-23** Executive Session: 01/18/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-01-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 5 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 14 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:30 pm; SC 15
- **2018-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 25; Eff. 7/1/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/761840e9-57e1-4672-961a-726a3a942fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).