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type: "Bill"
title: "relative to wildlife trafficking."
description: "relative to wildlife trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 451 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9612e40f-600b-447c-9ceb-ebb51c509f47"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2842&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "7df7e05ac142f00bc772dbb817af0de082aea98b239f873836ad42a54ce0028a"
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 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](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1961e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1858&txtFormat=html)
## Votes
- Adopt Amendment — **154155** (fail) · lower
- Recommit — **191154** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9612e40f-600b-447c-9ceb-ebb51c509f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).