---
type: "Bill"
title: "limiting 20-day registration plates, relative to the suspension of a driver's license, and relative to salvage certificates of titles for motor vehicles."
description: "limiting 20-day registration plates, relative to the suspension of a driver's license, and relative to salvage certificates of titles for motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 319 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44b0539-fbd6-4229-8b28-c0bbcf93bab4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0483&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "671e730353396b26bf47a609433328295894a921967feb5ab08104534e691146"
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 319 (2017) — limiting 20-day registration plates, relative to the suspension of a driver's license, and relative to salvage certificates of titles for motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1318s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1318s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **20–3** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-06** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/22/2017 01:00 PM LOB 203
- **2017-03-02** Executive Session: 03/01/2017 LOB 203
- **2017-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0622h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 13-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0622h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 47
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0622h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 47 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 103, LOB, 01:40 pm; SC 16
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1318s, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Committee Amendment # 2017-1318s, AA, VV; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1318s, RC 20Y-3N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1318s and Requests CofC (Rep. Steven Smith): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 4
- **2017-06-01** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Steven Smith, T. Walsh, Horn, Sykes 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 4
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Birdsell Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-08** President Appoints: Senators Birdsell, Ward, Watters; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-08** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/13/2017 11:30 AM LOB 203
- **2017-06-15** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2017-2311c; 06/15/2017
- **2017-06-22** Conference Committee Report # 2017-2311c, Adopted, VV; 06/22/2017; SJ 20
- **2017-06-22** Conference Committee Report 2311c: Adopted, VV 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 21
- **2017-07-03** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-05** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 27
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/18/2017; Chapter 239; I. Sec. 1 eff. 9/16/2017 ; II. Sec. 3 eff. 7/1/2017 ; III. Rem. eff. 7/18/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e44b0539-fbd6-4229-8b28-c0bbcf93bab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).