SB 160 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/07/2019 0654s
2019 SESSION
19-0825
04/01
SENATE BILL 160
AN ACT relative to swimming and non-motorized boating at public boat access areas.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Buco, Carr. 2; Rep. Kanzler, Carr. 2; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the fish and game department to temporarily permit swimming and non-motorized boat access at certain public boat access areas.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2019 0654s 19-0825
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to swimming and non-motorized boating at public boat access areas.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Swimming and Non-motorized Boating at Public Boat Access Areas. The fish and game department shall select 5 public boat access areas and shall permit at such areas swimming and boat access for non-motorized cartop watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, rowboats, sailboats, inflatable boats, paddle boards, or other watercraft that are hand portable to the water's edge and are able to be launched with or without a developed boat launch area. In selecting the 5 public boat access areas, the department shall choose low impact and low utilization access areas. The purpose shall be to determine if swimming and cartop non-motorized boating can safely utilize a public boat access area while limiting the impact to grant funding.
2 Report. The executive director of fish and game shall inform the senate president, speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor of the status of the swimming and non-motorized boating access permitted under section 1 of this act no later than November 1, 2022.
3 Repeal. Section 1 of this act, relative to swimming and non-motorized boating access at public boat access areas, is repealed.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2024.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 12, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 7, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 9, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| April 16, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| April 16, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| April 23, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| May 8, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
May 8, 2019: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 8
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 15-2; CC)
May 8, 2019: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 05/08/2019 (Vote 15-2; CC) HC 23 P. 5
April 23, 2019: Executive Session: 04/23/2019 10:00 am LOB 307
April 16, 2019: ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 11:30 am LOB 307
April 16, 2019: ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 11:30 am LOB 307
April 9, 2019: ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 04/09/2019 11:30 am LOB 307
March 20, 2019: Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Fish and Game and Marine Resources HJ 11 P. 70
March 7, 2019: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0654s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
March 7, 2019: Committee Amendment # 2019-0654s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
March 7, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0654s, 03/07/2019; SC 12
Feb. 12, 2019: Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 10
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4