---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopting omnibus legislation relative to vehicles, municipal water maintenance certificates, nondriver's picture identification, and firefighter ane emergency medical services decals."
description: "adopting omnibus legislation relative to vehicles, municipal water maintenance certificates, nondriver's picture identification, and firefighter ane emergency medical services decals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 131 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef98945-3f90-494e-aaa3-c031ed7092bc"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0839&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "20d3084b92f0bd511edbcdadfca57450e6191cab1884df1b2706e47a50038990"
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 131 (2021) — adopting omnibus legislation relative to vehicles, municipal water maintenance certificates, nondriver's picture identification, and firefighter ane emergency medical services decals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2065e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-2065e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Divide Amendment 1810h (Sylvia) — **90–276** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **307–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Remote Hearing: 03/02/2021, 01:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 12
- **2021-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0771s, 03/18/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment # 2021-0771s, RC 23Y-1N, AA; 03/18/2021; SJ 8
- **2021-03-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0771s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/18/2021; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Introduced (in recess of) 02/25/2021 and referred to Transportation HJ 4 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Public Hearing: 05/11/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/98509033579 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-05-12** Executive Session: 05/18/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99800286137 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-05-12** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2021-1442h: 05/18/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99800286137
- **2021-05-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1536h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 26 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** Removed from Consent (Rep. Walsh) 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 3
- **2021-06-04** Amendment # 2021-1536h: AA VV 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 40
- **2021-06-04** Divide 2021-1810h (Rep. Sylvia): MF RC 90-276 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 41
- **2021-06-04** FLAM # 2021-1810h (Rep. Walsh): AA VV 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 43
- **2021-06-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1536h and 2021-1810h: MA RC 307-58 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 43 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2065eba: AA VV (in recess of) [&]
- **2021-07-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2065e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by the Governor on 08/10/2021; Chapter 0204 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16** Part I Effective 08/10/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part II Effective 10/09/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part III Effective 07/01/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part IV Effective 10/09/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part V Effective 08/10/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part VI Effective 10/09/2021
- **2021-08-16** Part VII Effective 10/09/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef98945-3f90-494e-aaa3-c031ed7092bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).