---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a criminal penalty for driving after certification as an habitual offender."
description: "relative to a criminal penalty for driving after certification as an habitual offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1420"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1420 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Renny Cushing"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e491098-3905-452d-95a7-7c3ed1524e53"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2250&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "c663e07ac6afc357a7bfb2a998c4309fe5582285d44f76a5b2f0a332a3d7a6ed"
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 1420 (2018) — relative to a criminal penalty for driving after certification as an habitual offender.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1263&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Robert Renny Cushing — primary (person)
- David A. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Laura C. Pantelakos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 01:00 PM LOB 204
- **2018-02-07** Executive Session: 02/06/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 7 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 22 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 13
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 71; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e491098-3905-452d-95a7-7c3ed1524e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).