---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to information contained in certain motor vehicle records."
description: "relative to information contained in certain motor vehicle records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 398 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee2fe779-c0d7-4c5a-9d0f-c10e5371a634"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2734&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "21d7c41f8bf41ccfa62042b3805a22b02087e9ed6148101cc229c0817e6bce43"
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 398 (2018) — 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 #2018-1746h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1746h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1750&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Janet G. Wall — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — 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`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: 01/30/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 5
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `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 10:30 AM LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 203
- **2018-04-17** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/24/2018 01:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1746h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 17 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1746h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1746h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0256; Effective 08/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee2fe779-c0d7-4c5a-9d0f-c10e5371a634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).