---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to requiring a powerboat operator to wear an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) while operating certain powerboats traveling over headway speed."
description: "relative to requiring a powerboat operator to wear an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) while operating certain powerboats traveling over headway speed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1045 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. MacDonald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-11-27"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00675ff1-515b-4b2d-bc15-7b41a6ead79d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2509&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "685c919a09df1081156edd777b23cef56687bb071e29dd3ab43f2d73d3ea3b9c"
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 1045 (2024) — relative to requiring a powerboat operator to wear an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) while operating certain powerboats traveling over headway speed.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1596&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John T. MacDonald — primary (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Richard R Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-27** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/17/2024 09:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-01-17** Executive Session: 01/24/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/24/2024 (Vote 19-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Hearing: 03/05/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 9
- **2024-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 55; eff. 8/13/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00675ff1-515b-4b2d-bc15-7b41a6ead79d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).