---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study requiring passengers on school buses to wear seat belts."
description: "establishing a committee to study requiring passengers on school buses to wear seat belts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 196 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e94d9da0-5941-4fe8-8249-88484dbbb12b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0637&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "d368a5d07e1a9b0adbec8c53d0f21bdca06d20ff7698de6e122e83eb091ca68a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 196 (2017) — establishing a committee to study requiring passengers on school buses to wear seat belts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-0149h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0149h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 20 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/25/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
- **2017-01-24** Executive Session: 02/01/2017 04:00 PM LOB 203
- **2017-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0149h for 02/15/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 11 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Amendment # 2017-0149h: AA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 20
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0149h: MA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 20 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/06/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/06/2017; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled (In recess 04/06/2017); SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled 04/06/2017 HJ 13 P. 63
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/25/2017; Chapter 21; Eff. 4/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e94d9da0-5941-4fe8-8249-88484dbbb12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).