---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to gold star number plates."
description: "relative to gold star number plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 396 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ab2e0a6-89b5-49e8-9a3b-416550442599"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2709&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "45fee073357a3c9bab4110f0a21923e89e99d42564267c9c7c5e3d3ddc3c0df9"
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 SB 396 (2018) — relative to gold star number plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0076s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0076s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1725&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Brian K. Chirichiello — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Lascelles — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy A. Soucy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 48
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0076s, 01/18/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0076s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0076s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 11:00 AM LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 15 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0128; Effective 07/29/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ab2e0a6-89b5-49e8-9a3b-416550442599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).