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HB533 • 2026

relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Douglas Trottier (R), Mike Bordes (R)
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 79

  2. 2025-11-18 H

    Executive Session: 10/28/2025 01:00 pm GP 234

  3. 2025-11-18 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/28/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 51 P. 18

  4. 2025-10-08 H

    Full Committee Work Session: 10/28/2025 01:00 pm GP 234

  5. 2025-03-04 H

    Retained in Committee

  6. 2025-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 03/04/2025 10:00 am LOB 203

  7. 2025-02-12 H

    Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 10:10 am LOB 203

  8. 2025-01-14 H

    Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 15

Official Summary Text

relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

Current Bill Text

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HB 533 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION
25-0861
09/11

HOUSE BILL
533

AN ACT
relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

SPONSORS: Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes the division of state police to use civilian automotive equipment inspectors in certain inspections and authorizes any officer of the department of safety or other law enforcement agent certified to conduct truck inspections to enter, during regular business hours, the commercial premises owned or leased by a commercial carrier, wherein certain required records are stored or maintained, for the purpose of conducting a compliance review, new entrant safety audit, or investigation, and to inspect, in a reasonable manner, the records for the purpose of enforcing certain regulations.

This bill is a request of the department of safety.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0861
09/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.

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

1 State Police Duties Relative to Vehicle Inspection. Amend RSA 266:1-a, I to read as follows:
I. The director of the division of state police, with the approval of the commissioner of safety shall assign a suitable complement of state troopers
and automotive equipment inspectors
to assist the director of motor vehicles in enforcing the motor vehicle inspection laws and rules. A state trooper assigned pursuant to this section shall have the powers of a peace officer, certified under RSA 106-L:5, V, and
, along with automotive equipment inspectors,
shall have as a primary function statewide enforcement duties related to the inspection process, including inspection station auditing, investigation of alleged inspection station malfeasance, rejected vehicle follow-up, and sticker monitoring. A state trooper
or automotive equipment inspector
assigned under this section shall have the authority to enter any motor vehicle inspection station authorized under RSA 266:1, during the station's business hours, to fulfill his or her duties, and shall be assigned other enforcement duties as determined by the commissioner.

2 New Subparagraph; Motor Carriers; Equipment; Inspections. Amend RSA 266:72-a, V by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) Any officer of the department of safety or other law enforcement agent certified to conduct truck inspections may enter, during regular business hours, the commercial premises owned or leased by a commercial carrier, wherein the records required to be maintained under the regulations adopted under this section are stored or maintained, for the purpose of conducting a compliance review, new entrant safety audit, or investigation, and may inspect, in a reasonable manner, the records for the purpose of enforcing the regulations.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.