---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to vehicle inspection failures for rust."
description: "relative to vehicle inspection failures for rust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1517"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1517 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a68a866-64d7-4598-8574-6dce98d31ad7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2253&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "bf4772aeaba639330c12fc109913c0931e39661e01dfda7503281c07cd3910f1"
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 1517 (2018) — relative to vehicle inspection failures for rust.

## 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=1266&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Peter E. Torosian — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sean D. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria L. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Werner D. Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Introduced 01/09/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 02:30 PM LOB 203
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 56 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:30 pm; SC 14
- **2018-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled (In recess 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2018-05-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 43; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a68a866-64d7-4598-8574-6dce98d31ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).