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2024 SESSION
24-2110.0
09/10
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to prohibiting the suspension of drivers' licenses in child support enforcement matters.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the suspension, revocation, or denial of a driver's license for failure to comply with a child support order, and allows for reinstatement for those whose driver's license was suspended, revoked, or denied for such reason.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2110.0
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to prohibiting the suspension of drivers' licenses in child support enforcement matters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Support of Dependent Children; Revocation and Denial of Licenses. Amend RSA 161-B:11 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. The department shall not seek, and no court shall order, the suspension, revocation, or denial of an obligor's driver's license for lack of compliance with a legal order of support. Any individual otherwise eligible for a driver's license whose driver's license was suspended, revoked, or denied for lack of compliance with a legal order of support may apply for reinstatement of his or her driver's license, and, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, the division of motor vehicles shall not use lack of compliance with a legal order of support as a basis for denial.
2 New Paragraph; Parental Rights and Responsibilities; Support. Amend RSA 461-A:14 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:
XIX. In any proceeding to enforce the payment of child support, the court shall not order the suspension, revocation, or denial of an obligor's driver's license for lack of compliance with a legal order of support pursuant to RSA 161-B:11, I-a.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.