---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to motorcycle endorsements and restrictions and relative to enhanced drivers' licenses and identification cards."
description: "relative to motorcycle endorsements and restrictions and relative to enhanced drivers' licenses and identification cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 451 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7487e345-517f-4148-9a00-898c4b1f7ce9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0482&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "088eeebbaa831b72568497895cc694d0669875ef3de972b36f272a3766b82629"
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 (2017) — relative to motorcycle endorsements and restrictions and relative to enhanced drivers' licenses and identification cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0402h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0402h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/15/2017 10:30 AM LOB 203
- **2017-01-31** Executive Session: 02/22/2017 03:30 PM LOB 203
- **2017-02-08** ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 02/14/2017 10:20 AM LOB 203
- **2017-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0402h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 13-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0402h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 48
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0402h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 48 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 103, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 17
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 71; I. Sec. 1-3 Eff. 8/1/2017 ; II. Rem. Eff. 6/2/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7487e345-517f-4148-9a00-898c4b1f7ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).