---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the requirement that motor vehicle lighting and safety equipment be approved by the director of the division of motor vehicles."
description: "repealing the requirement that motor vehicle lighting and safety equipment be approved by the director of the division of motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1518"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1518 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a5bd89-ae28-4a3e-917e-976297d33105"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2284&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "16c90b71377f811b80e69c9c7ab2ac287b83a51ac7a5c99e19ae913647fbbc68"
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 1518 (2018) — repealing the requirement that motor vehicle lighting and safety equipment be approved by the director of the division of motor vehicles.

## 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=1297&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 01:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 5 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 15 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/13/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:30 pm; SC 11
- **2018-03-29** 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 44; Eff. 7/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a5bd89-ae28-4a3e-917e-976297d33105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).