---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study requiring New Hampshire children to be placed in rear facing restraints in motor vehicles."
description: "establishing a committee to study requiring New Hampshire children to be placed in rear facing restraints in motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 251 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan W. Fenton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/850e0a9a-8d74-4e4b-81de-9ec34991bd39"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0308&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "5a4490b8914e9ad51ef1e48d0a12904202c2738c8c31763cf0e6da4ecdeb3cd6"
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 251 (2021) — establishing a committee to study requiring New Hampshire children to be placed in rear facing restraints in motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1229s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1229s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Special Order — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Table Two — **179–197** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **198–176** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan W. Fenton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 40 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 02:30 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/98796113084 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-05** Executive Session: 03/05/2021 11:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99182085994
- **2021-03-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0652h (Vote 13-6; RC) HC 18 P. 61 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-09** Lay on Table (Rep. Osborne): MF DV 181-188 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 55
- **2021-04-09** Amendment # 2021-0652h: AA DV 232-137 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 55
- **2021-04-09** Lay on Table (Rep. Spillane): MF RC 179-197 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 56
- **2021-04-09** Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Belanger): MF DV 180-195 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 58
- **2021-04-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0652h: MA RC 198-176 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 60 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Reconsider (Rep. T. Smith): MF DV 143-227 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 62
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/20/2021, 02:00 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1229s, 05/06/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Sen. Sherman Moved to Remove HB 251 from the Consent Calendar; 05/06/2021; SJ 14
- **2021-05-06** Sen. Bradley Moved to Special Order to 05/13/21, RC 23Y-0N, MA; 05/06/2021; SJ 14
- **2021-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1229s, 05/13/2021; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Committee Amendment # 2021-1229s, AA, VV; 05/13/2021; SJ 15
- **2021-05-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1229s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1229s (Rep. Walsh): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 19
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 135; Eff: 07/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/850e0a9a-8d74-4e4b-81de-9ec34991bd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).