Bill Text - HB1401 (2022)

Prohibiting the disclosure of the number of miles driven by a specific driver licensed by the state or vehicle registered in the state.


Revision: March 31, 2022, 10:19 a.m.

HB 1401 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

31Mar2022... 0905h

2022 SESSION

22-2698

12/11

 

HOUSE BILL 1401

 

AN ACT prohibiting the disclosure of the number of miles driven by a specific driver licensed by the state or vehicle registered in the state.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Ammon, Hills. 40; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 9; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. White, Merr. 20; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 4; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Avellani, Carr. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits both the department of safety, and inspection stations, from sharing vehicle mileage information with certain authorities without consent.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

31Mar2022... 0905h 22-2698

12/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT prohibiting the disclosure of the number of miles driven by a specific driver licensed by the state or vehicle registered in the state.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Motor Vehicle Records and Certification; Mileage Records.  Amend RSA 260:14 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:

XVIII.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no information relative to the mileage of a motor vehicle shall be shared by the department or an inspection station with any public authority authorized to enforce motor vehicle tax laws, without the consent of the vehicle's owner, lessee, or renter.  For purposes of this paragraph, "public authority," shall not include any entity representing the state of New Hampshire.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.