Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:40 a.m.
CHAPTER 11
HB 372-FN - FINAL VERSION
2019 SESSION
19-0227
11/10
HOUSE BILL 372-FN
AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 26
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that motorists give a wide berth to all vehicles, rather than stationary vehicles, that are displaying blue, red, or amber emergency or warning lights.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0227
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
11:1 Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Motorist Duties When Approaching Highway Emergencies. Amend RSA 265:37-a, I(d) to read as follows:
(d) Give a wide berth, without endangering oncoming traffic, to public safety personnel, any persons in the roadway, and [stationary] vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency or warning lights.
11:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 10, 2019
Effective Date: July 09, 2019