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1 Findings. The general court finds that residents of New Hampshire have a constitutional right to privacy and that driver's licenses are government-issued collections of private, personal information obtained for the benefit of the legal residents of New Hampshire. As such, the data contained on a driver's license, kept, stored, or retained by the state, other than a person's name as held out to the public, is privileged, private, and confidential.
2 New Subparagraphs; Powers and Duties; Records and Certification. Amend RSA 260:14, II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraphs:
(c) Copies of driver licenses may not be copied, retained, or scanned for any purposes other than governmental ones, including, but not limited to, voting, use by a notary public or justice of the peace, or judicial orders. Nothing shall prevent a driver's license from being requested to be displayed or shown to verify identity in order to comply with a governmental requirement. Corporate policies of using government documents and retaining personal information are never allowed.
(d) Release or use of any information retained by a non-governmental private entity is a misdemeanor if committed by a real person and a felony if committed by an entity other than a real person. Use of retained, scanned, or copied personal identification as defined in this chapter may result in a fine of no less than $100,000 payable to the person whose information was obtained, along with lifetime identity theft protection for that same person. If there is a data breach resulting in the compromise of illegally retained personal identification information, a fine of $100,000 per person compromised shall be imposed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
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1 Findings. The general court finds that residents of New Hampshire have a constitutional right to privacy and that driver's licenses are government-issued collections of private, personal information obtained for the benefit of the legal residents of New Hampshire. As such, the data contained on a driver's license, kept, stored, or retained by the state, other than a person's name as held out to the public, is privileged, private, and confidential.
2 New Subparagraphs; Powers and Duties; Records and Certification. Amend RSA 260:14, II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraphs:
(c) Copies of driver licenses may not be copied, retained, or scanned for any purposes other than governmental ones, including, but not limited to, voting, use by a notary public or justice of the peace, or judicial orders. Nothing shall prevent a driver's license from being requested to be displayed or shown to verify identity in order to comply with a governmental requirement. Corporate policies of using government documents and retaining personal information are never allowed.
(d) Release or use of any information retained by a non-governmental private entity is a misdemeanor if committed by a real person and a felony if committed by an entity other than a real person. Use of retained, scanned, or copied personal identification as defined in this chapter may result in a fine of no less than $100,000 payable to the person whose information was obtained, along with lifetime identity theft protection for that same person. If there is a data breach resulting in the compromise of illegally retained personal identification information, a fine of $100,000 per person compromised shall be imposed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.