Revision: Dec. 30, 2021, 2:30 p.m.
SB 449 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-3065
12/11
SENATE BILL 449
AN ACT relative to the retention of social security numbers by the division of motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill gives an applicant for a driver's license the opportunity to determine whether to have his or her complete social security number, or only the last 5 digits, retained in the records of the department of safety. This bill also permits the department to transmit the last 4 digits of an individual's social security number to the department of state for voter identification purposes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-3065
12/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the retention of social security numbers by the division of motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Social Security Numbers; Driver's License Application Form Options. Amend RSA 263:40-a, I-II to read as follows:
263:40-a Social Security Numbers; Addresses; Application Form Options.
I.(a) An applicant for a driver's license who has not previously been licensed to drive a motor vehicle in this state shall provide his or her social security number in the application. The applicant shall be given the opportunity to determine whether to have his or her complete social security number or only the last 5 digits of their social security number retained in the records of the department of safety. The application form shall include a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to have his or her complete social security number or only the last 5 digits of their social security number retained in the records of the department.
(b) The application form for a renewal of a driver's license may request the social security number of the applicant. An applicant who is a resident of New Hampshire shall be given the opportunity to determine whether to provide the complete social security number or only the last 5 digits of their social security number. The application form shall include a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to provide his or her complete social security number or only the last 5 digits of their social security number pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) The application form for an initial driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license shall include a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to have his or her computerized image, likeness, or photograph retained in the records of the department of safety. The driver's license shall display the mailing address of the licensee and shall not display the licensee's social security number.
II. Notwithstanding RSA 91-A, RSA 260:14, RSA 261:60, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the social security number shall not be a public record open to the inspection of any person. The department shall not sell or otherwise provide individual social security numbers or lists of social security numbers for any purpose which is not stated in this paragraph. The department shall only make the social security number available to other states for driver record purposes, to any national driver information repository established pursuant to federal law, or[, on their request on a case by case basis] (a) on their request, on a case by case basis, to a law enforcement agency that requires the social security number for investigative purposes, [or] (b) on their request, on a case by case basis, to the department of health and human services for use only in the administration of child support enforcement, or (c) to the department of state for voter verification and identification purposes, provided that the department may only transmit the last 4 digits of an individual's social security number.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.