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HB1059 • 2026

relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Buzz Scherr (D), Dan McGuire (R)
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 88; eff. 05/28/2026

  2. 2026-05-18 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  3. 2026-05-18 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  4. 2026-04-10 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

  5. 2026-04-08 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14

  6. 2026-03-31 S

    Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 13

  7. 2026-03-17 S

    Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7

  8. 2026-03-11 H

    Ought to Pass : MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 57

  9. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 10 P. 28

  10. 2026-02-18 H

    Executive Session: 03/03/2026 11:00 am GP 234

  11. 2026-02-11 H

    Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 234

  12. 2025-11-12 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 4

Official Summary Text

relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 88
HB 1059 - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2515.0
09/08

HOUSE BILL
1059

AN ACT
relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

SPONSORS: Rep. Scherr, Rock. 26; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

This bill eliminates the prospective repeal of the regulation of number plate scanning devices, as the statute was set to be repealed on January 1, 2027. As a result, this statute will no longer be repealed.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2515.0
09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the use of number plate scanning devices.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

88:1 Repeal. 2016, 78:3, relative to prospectively repealing the regulation of the use of number plate scanning devices, is repealed.

88:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 28, 2026
Effective Date: May 28, 2026