republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2018/sb-451.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	relative to wildlife trafficking.	relative to wildlife trafficking.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2018	SB 451	New Hampshire SB 451 (2018)	bill		enacted	David H Watters	2	27	2	2017-12-20	2018-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/9612e40f-600b-447c-9ceb-ebb51c509f47	http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2842&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018	7df7e05ac142f00bc772dbb817af0de082aea98b239f873836ad42a54ce0028a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire SB 451 (2018) — relative to wildlife trafficking.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2018-1961e (committee substitute) — source
2. latest version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Amendment — 154–155 (fail) · lower
• Recommit — 191–154 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David H Watters — primary (person)
• Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
• Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
• Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
• Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
• Robert J. L'Heureux — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Fraser — cosponsor (person)
• William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-20 To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-12-21 Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 49
• 2018-02-20 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0718s, 03/08/2018; SC 9 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-08 Committee Amendment # 2018-0718s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
• 2018-03-08 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0718s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6 passage
• 2018-03-12 Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 7 P. 53 introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 01:00 PM LOB 305-307
• 2018-03-15 Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2018-0668h: 03/20/2018 01:30 PM LOB 305-307
• 2018-03-20 Full Committee Work Session: 03/27/2018 01:00 PM LOB 307
• 2018-03-29 Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 307
• 2018-03-29 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1254h for 04/05/2018 (Vote 12-4; RC) HC 13 P. 9 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
• 2018-04-05 Recommit (Rep. Webb): MA RC 191-154 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 20
• 2018-04-12 Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
• 2018-04-18 Executive Session: 04/17/2018 LOB 307
• 2018-04-19 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1583h for 04/26/2018 (Vote 12-1; RC) HC 16 P. 13 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-19 Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
• 2018-04-26 Lay SB 451 on Table (Rep. Spillane): MF DV 149-151 04/26/2018
• 2018-04-26 Amendment # 2018-1583h: AA VV 04/26/2018
• 2018-04-26 FLAM # 2018-1774h (NT) (Rep. Hoell): AF RC 154-155 04/26/2018
• 2018-04-26 Ought to Pass with Amendment 1583h: MA VV 04/26/2018 passage
• 2018-05-02 Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
• 2018-05-15 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1961e: AA VV 05/10/2018
• 2018-05-15 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1961e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
• 2018-05-22 Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
• 2018-05-23 Enrolled 05/10/2018
• 2018-06-14 Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0226; Effective 01/01/2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9612e40f-600b-447c-9ceb-ebb51c509f47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).