---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to organizations authorized to issue decals for multi-use decal number plates and relative to gold star family decals for motor vehicles."
description: "relative to organizations authorized to issue decals for multi-use decal number plates and relative to gold star family decals for motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 451 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ebe6860-5245-42e4-ad58-be34964d052b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0672&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "e1bd83edf9434b2d45f86040d58881ac7998c459b4f389fc17cb0772e7ef5c4d"
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 451 (2021) — relative to organizations authorized to issue decals for multi-use decal number plates and relative to gold star family decals for motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0221h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0221h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (person)
- John A. Burt — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Steve J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/29/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99305477189 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-01-27** Executive Session: 02/05/2021 02:15 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92807074926
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0221h (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 18 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0221h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 48
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0221h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 48 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/13/2021, 01:45 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/13/2021); SJ 16
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2021; Chapter 53; Eff: 07/24/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ebe6860-5245-42e4-ad58-be34964d052b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).