---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing periodic payments as security after a motor vehicle accident."
description: "authorizing periodic payments as security after a motor vehicle accident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 165 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdc4bf15-d073-4a20-8f1c-26f4b21d78e5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0852&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9d0b47adb60e30b56d9210b0167690831400c76cc8f2ca0601ec1a6b708fc1e8"
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 165 (2018) — authorizing periodic payments as security after a motor vehicle accident.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2546s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2017-2546s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=841&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: 02/07/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 02/16/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10
- **2017-02-17** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 02/16/2017; SJ 6
- **2017-12-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2546s, 01/03/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2017-2546s, AA, VV; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-2546s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 01:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 203
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 15 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** Signed by the Governor on 05/25/2018; Chapter 0096; Effective 07/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdc4bf15-d073-4a20-8f1c-26f4b21d78e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).