Revision: Dec. 11, 2025, 4:06 p.m.
HB 1698 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2355
09/05
HOUSE BILL 1698
AN ACT relative to electronic credentials.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Slottje, Hills. 13; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Mehegan, Merr. 12
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies that the statute authorizing the division of motor vehicles to establish electronic credentials does not grant the authority to compel a person to create, maintain, or display an electronic credential, nor to require any business to accept them.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2355
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to electronic credentials.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Mobile Drivers' Licenses and Non-Driver Identification Cards; Electronic Credential; Privacy. Amend RSA 263-A:5 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a person to obtain an electronic credential, and no person shall be compelled to create, maintain, or display an electronic credential.
2 New Paragraph; Acceptance of Electronic Credentials. Amend RSA 263-A:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any business to accept an electronic credential.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.