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2023 SESSION
23-0328.0
02/04
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the penalties for driving without a license to a violation, unless the individual
is convicted for second time in a 12-month period.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0328.0
02/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Drivers' Licenses; License Required; Penalty. Amend RSA 263:1 to read as follows:
263: License Required[; Penalty].
[I.] No person, except those expressly exempted under RSA 263:25 or other provisions of this title, shall drive any motor vehicle upon any way in this state unless such person has a valid driver's license, as required under the provisions of this chapter, for the class or type of vehicle being driven. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who drives a motor vehicle in this
state without having a valid driver’s license of the appropriate class or type shall be guilty of a violation, provided that any person convicted of such offense for the second time in a 12-month period shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
[II. Any person who held a driver's license of the appropriate class or type but whose driver's license has been expired for not more than 12 months shall be guilty of a violation or, for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
III. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state and who has never had a license shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. ]
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.