HB 395 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0399
11/05
HOUSE BILL 395
AN ACT relative to number plates for motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Warden, Hills. 15; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a passenger vehicle shall only be required to display one number plate on the rear of the vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0399
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to number plates for motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Number Plates. Amend RSA 261:75, II to read as follows:
II. Every vehicle driven in or on any way in this state, if required to be registered hereunder, shall have displayed conspicuously thereon a number plate or plates to be furnished by the department, together with any current validation sticker issued by the department and which has a changeable designation of their effective period. The director may make special rules relative to the number of plates, the location of said plate or plates on the vehicle, and the material and design thereof, provided, however, that number plates for passenger vehicles shall have the state motto "Live Free or Die" written thereon, and further provided that a passenger vehicle shall only be required to display one number plate on the rear of the vehicle. The plate shall be kept clean.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 29, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 5, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 7, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 14, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 14, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
March 20, 2019: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 203-141 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 48
March 14, 2019: Special Order to 03/19/2019 (Rep. Conley): MA VV 03/14/2019 HJ 9 P. 43
: Special Order to 03/14/2019 Without Objection HJ 8 P. 60
: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 13-7; RC)
March 7, 2019: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/07/2019 (Vote 13-7; RC) HC 14 P. 20
Feb. 5, 2019: Executive Session: 02/05/2019 01:00 pm LOB 203
Jan. 29, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 11:00 am LOB 203
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 12