relative to the New Hampshire marine patrol.
HB 1837 updates New Hampshire's boating regulations to increase penalties for violations, raise mooring fees, and add display requirements for vessel registration. It raises fines for unregistered boats to $50 for a first offense and $100 for repeat offenses in the same year, doubles mooring fees from $25 to $50 per field, and requires boat owners to display valid registration numbers and decals. The bill also repeals existing requirements for mandatory boat safety courses (RSA 270:46-a) and rental boat safety checklists (RSA 270-D:2-c). These changes directly affect boat owners, operators, and public mooring field users, taking effect January 1, 2027.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Dec 18, 2025
Signed Jun 1, 2026
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No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The diff reflects only the standard chaptering process: the bill was assigned Chapter 99, all section numbers were prefixed with '99:', the fiscal note was removed, and approval/effective dates were added. The actual legal provisions remain identical.
TECHNICAL
All section numbers were prefixed with the chapter number (e.g., '1 Penalties' became '99:1 Penalties'), which is standard when a bill is enrolled as a chapter of law.
The fiscal note section was removed from the final version, as fiscal notes are not part of the enacted statute.
TIMELINE
Approval date (May 28, 2026) and effective date (May 28, 2026) were added at the end of the document to record when the governor signed the bill into law.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Jun 1, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 99; eff.05/28/2026
lower
May 13, 2026
Introduced
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1880e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 41
lower
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1880e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/07/2026); SJ 12
upper
Apr 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
upper
Apr 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 13
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Introduced
Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/24/2026 HJ 5 P. 127
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0332h: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 57
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Amendment # 2026-0332h: AA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 57
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 57
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0332h 01/28/2026 (Vote 16-0; RC) HC 6 P. 19
lower
Dec 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1 P. 38
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John MacDonald
RRepublican
Co
Karel Crawford
RRepublican
Co
Katy Peternel
RRepublican
Co
Rosemarie Rung
DDemocratic
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