---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to online driver education."
description: "relative to online driver education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 40 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04727c30-735d-4577-b568-c8b3ae881a7e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1017&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e304434270467b3989cb19e96fb6b1fc2f5989cbfbd593533cad91d4eeebb163"
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 40 (2019) — relative to online driver education.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)

## 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, 01:45 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. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 10:30 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2019 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 11-1; CC) HC 22 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 8 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor on 06/05/2019; Chapter 0062; Effective 08/04/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04727c30-735d-4577-b568-c8b3ae881a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).