---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions."
description: "relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 34 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b32eca05-cef2-4c26-9e37-cf7143b2c894"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0329&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "559a8158504238968cc66aee9a88f9e3e95a037f98e59a0fdc2d5d9af928c1d6"
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 34 (2020) — relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2781h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2019-2781h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=323&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Concur — **20–4** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing: 01/22/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0611s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0611s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0611s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 68 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2019 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2019-04-24** Retained in Committee
- **2019-09-18** Full Committee Work Session: 10/01/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-09-18** Full Committee Work Session: 10/08/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-10-02** Executive Session: 10/22/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-10-25** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 50 P. 31
- **2019-10-25** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2781h
- **2020-01-09** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DV 158-184 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 53
- **2020-01-09** Amendment # 2019-2781h: AA VV 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 53
- **2020-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2781h: MA VV 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 53 `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Sen. Hennessey Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 20Y-4N, MA; 06/29/2020; SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 71
- **2020-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/17/2020; Chapter 0020; Effective 09/15/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b32eca05-cef2-4c26-9e37-cf7143b2c894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).