---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an autonomous vehicle advisory commission, establishing an autonomous vehicle testing pilot program, and providing requirements for automated vehicle deployment."
description: "establishing an autonomous vehicle advisory commission, establishing an autonomous vehicle testing pilot program, and providing requirements for automated vehicle deployment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 216 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d059f95c-952b-43a0-ac62-d74047479988"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0861&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "3189050b72b56a01b957ce0e31e4f60361bc96583da1f988ba7cb9eb3ef5a914"
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 216 (2019) — establishing an autonomous vehicle advisory commission, establishing an autonomous vehicle testing pilot program, and providing requirements for automated vehicle deployment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2672e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2672e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt CofC Report — **260–92** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 9
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0827s, 03/14/2019; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0827s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0827s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/28/2019; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/28/2019; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 73 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 04/09/2019 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2019-04-10** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-11** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 11:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2019 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1604h (NT) for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 22 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1604h: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 27
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1604h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 27 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Sen. Watters Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** President Appoints: Senators Watters, Birdsell, Levesque; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Sykes): MA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45
- **2019-06-12** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Sykes, Steven Smith, Telerski, Pickering 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45
- **2019-06-18** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/18/2019, 09:00 am, Room 101, LOB
- **2019-06-17** Conferee Change: Rep. O'Brien Replaces Rep. Telerski 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 20
- **2019-06-20** Conference Committee Report # 2019-2549c Filed 06/13/2019; House Amendment + New Amendment
- **2019-06-27** Conference Committee Report 2549c: Adopted, RC 260-92 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 13
- **2019-06-27** Conference Committee Report # 2019-2549c, Adopted, VV; 06/27/2019; SJ 21
- **2019-07-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2672e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2672e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-08-05** Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2019; Chapter 310 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-05** I. RSA 242:1 I-VIII XIII and XIV, as inserted by section 4, shall take effect 09/01/2019
- **2019-08-05** II. RSA 242:1 IX-XII, as inserted by section 4, shall take effect 07/01/2021
- **2019-08-05** III. Remainder Effective 08/02/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d059f95c-952b-43a0-ac62-d74047479988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).