---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to interlock devices."
description: "relative to interlock devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1246 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry G. Gagne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-18"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29cbacf-f907-49a3-a52c-8c0c1be9c77b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2622&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "0bccb71a8ce4f791c1f804b70a5df156920dac653456c301baae0ea5fddb014c"
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 1246 (2022) — relative to interlock devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1984E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1984E&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Larry G. Gagne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-19** Public Hearing: 02/23/2022 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-28** Executive Session: 03/02/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-28** Executive Session: 03/02/2022 10:00 AM LOB 202-204
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-2; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1984e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1984EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/07/2022; Chapter 136; I. Sec 4 eff.01/01/2023 at 12:01 am II. Rem eff 08/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29cbacf-f907-49a3-a52c-8c0c1be9c77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).