---
type: "Bill"
title: "equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended."
description: "equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1138 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eamon P. Kelley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-11-28"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7939dab1-4c21-497b-b95e-df09df2dbc93"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2791&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "fc71d9b6f7a52871f692a06ec66997425e0a227c9e36b4fee14733ec258dcd68"
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 1138 (2024) — equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1878&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Eamon P. Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-28** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 11:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-01-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/16/2024 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-01-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2024 (Vote 16-3; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 45 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-08** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 45
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Hearing: 03/05/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 9
- **2024-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 62; eff. 1/1/2025 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7939dab1-4c21-497b-b95e-df09df2dbc93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).