---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the registration of motor vehicles."
description: "relative to the registration of motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 37 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/922e3d41-24b3-4b0c-909a-76fa58c3a24e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0179&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "bf1f4057e23ef97a82350b048eae5d5fc4c8fb01d0cd2f20aa3f251abf3e2f3d"
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 37 (2019) — relative to the registration of motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2297h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2297h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing: 01/22/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 7
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/31/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/31/2019; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 68 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-10** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/16/2019 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2019-05-01** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/14/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-05-15** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/28/2019 11:01 am LOB 203
- **2019-05-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2297h for 06/05/2019 (Vote 15-1; CC) HC 27 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-2297h: AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 22
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2297h: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 22 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Watters Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 223; Effective 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/922e3d41-24b3-4b0c-909a-76fa58c3a24e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).