---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to license plate covers."
description: "relative to license plate covers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 496 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen C. Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f16b4f-b49b-466d-ad00-050a3c56c68b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0494&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "275b39fb3872522d376031abe353fcb8cc7b49d91c2750f4c62106f123f48ed9"
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 496 (2021) — relative to license plate covers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0631h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0631h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Stephen C. Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 01:00 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
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0631h (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 18 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0631h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 49
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0631h: 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`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/13/2021, 02:00 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 55; Eff: 01/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f16b4f-b49b-466d-ad00-050a3c56c68b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).