---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to motorcycle auxiliary lamping, and adding the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization to the traffic safety commission."
description: "relative to motorcycle auxiliary lamping, and adding the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization to the traffic safety commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 461 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f2cd1a-0d95-42e1-9546-a73e71788721"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0674&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "724964fdbb3d89a8dee7eee4d5211a826e313053096770445bdcbac01d2f733b"
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 461 (2021) — relative to motorcycle auxiliary lamping, and adding the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization to the traffic safety commission.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (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. 49 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Public Hearing: 02/19/2021 10:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/98257633759 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 49 `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`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/20/2021, 01:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/06/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/06/2021; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/27/2021); SJ 18
- **2021-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 128
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/10/2021; Chapter 73; Eff: 08/09/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f2cd1a-0d95-42e1-9546-a73e71788721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).