---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing gold star family decals for motor vehicles."
description: "establishing gold star family decals for motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 549 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b396e5dd-592c-4d22-81f3-e21b0da7cdb5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0419&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e8f4a71da1c23ef93a7b7b0b14c2d6feea87cf0b840790480e1e8c700759abeb"
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 549 (2019) — establishing gold star family decals for motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2409e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2409e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **21–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Public Hearing: 03/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-02-27** Executive Session: 03/06/2019 02:00 pm LOB 201-203
- **2019-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0839h (NT) for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 16 P. 37 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment # 2019-0839h (NT): AA VV 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 60
- **2019-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0839h (NT): MA VV 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 60 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing: 04/09/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 17
- **2019-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1857s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2019-1857s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1857s, RC 21Y-3N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1857s (Rep. Sykes): MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2409e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2409e: AA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 40
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/09/2019; Chapter 160; Eff: 09/07/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b396e5dd-592c-4d22-81f3-e21b0da7cdb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).