---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to authorized license plate decals."
description: "relative to authorized license plate decals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 163 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Sellers"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fc1836-d11d-4a0b-b304-f9b456d04eaf"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0653&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "61b7c7e0f39c5f1ba6e22dc895d452fadf3283d3a5078f158cc91a4974b197a9"
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 163 (2023) — relative to authorized license plate decals.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- John Sellers — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- James W Tierney — cosponsor (person)
- John Lewicke — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lex Berezhny — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/31/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-03** Executive Session: 02/07/2023 02:00 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/07/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:40 pm; SC 15
- **2023-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 16; eff: 07/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0fc1836-d11d-4a0b-b304-f9b456d04eaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).