---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring children under the age of 2 years to be restrained in a motor vehicle."
description: "requiring children under the age of 2 years to be restrained in a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/903433e0-90a2-45fe-b494-6bbd749f6911"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0439&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e790156edab664be0e42350b73914d3d5b8ad4ff147f1ac5ef6c88c4ba9a43dd"
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 118 (2023) — requiring children under the age of 2 years to be restrained in a motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- George E. Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- John T. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura D. Telerski — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/24/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 7
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/18/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-03** Executive Session: 05/16/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-17** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/16/2023 (Vote 11-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass: MA DV 192-173 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 62 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0163; Effective 01/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/903433e0-90a2-45fe-b494-6bbd749f6911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).