---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of OHRVs on designated trails."
description: "relative to the use of OHRVs on designated trails."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 160 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e18be8-b8ec-425a-9666-0f7a88013ace"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0792&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "bc2f9b295cf4cb718476162fa7e5fb8abb93463c141e4717dd685f93ae112cfc"
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 160 (2023) — relative to the use of OHRVs on designated trails.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1519h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1519h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Larry G. Gagne — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Public Hearing: 04/19/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-04-26** Executive Session: 05/03/2023 10:30 am LOB 305-307
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1519h (NT) 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1519h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 59
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1519h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 60 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-16** Removed from Consent (Reps. Hynes, Read, Horrigan, Granger, Santonastaso, T. Mannion, Burnham, Gerhard, Hoell, Phillips) 05/16/2023 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2023-06-08** FLAM # 2023-1825h (Rep. Hynes): AF VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 59
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0217; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e18be8-b8ec-425a-9666-0f7a88013ace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).