---
type: "Bill"
title: "defining mobile service garages and relative to state vehicle inspections."
description: "defining mobile service garages and relative to state vehicle inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 389 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66abc587-46be-4851-870f-f67d305ebdeb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2997&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8297956354f12c2a01f457bb1ad59c7e985d41cb58750441d5fad65f547d7f0e"
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 389 (2022) — defining mobile service garages and relative to state vehicle inspections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2094e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2094e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- George E. Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- John B. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-29** Hearing: 01/18/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 1
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0432s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0432s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0432s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 10:20 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2094EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2094e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0228; Effective 03/14/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66abc587-46be-4851-870f-f67d305ebdeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).