---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the authority of municipal law enforcement officers and relative to information contained in certain motor vehicle records."
description: "relative to the authority of municipal law enforcement officers and relative to information contained in certain motor vehicle records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 437 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c384f87c-79f2-4c79-8a62-3be86c2a7708"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0633&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "c39a8558c1fbb2e8cc1e551eecf44eefa990a80506f6f4b76c76bf9cac51f5d4"
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 437 (2017) — relative to the authority of municipal law enforcement officers and relative to information contained in certain motor vehicle records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1621s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1621s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 10:20 AM LOB 301
- **2017-02-01** Executive Session: 02/08/2017 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2017-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 41 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Hearing: 04/18/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 19
- **2017-04-26** Hearing: 05/02/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am, on proposed amendment # 2017-1430s; SC 21
- **2017-05-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1621s, 05/11/2017; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2017-1621s, AA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1621s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2017; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1621s (Rep. J. Belanger): MA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 7
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled (In recess 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 127
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/16/2017; Chapter 139; Eff. 6/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c384f87c-79f2-4c79-8a62-3be86c2a7708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).