---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the transportation of marijuana in a motor vehicle or OHRV."
description: "relative to the transportation of marijuana in a motor vehicle or OHRV."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 426"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill M. Gannon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9794246-dfdc-4053-b02d-cb3c9259d158"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3039&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "eec90d41453b206842ade58c3b44bfc04b4f7435a365851c378f36a3e573bb00"
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 426 (2024) — relative to the transportation of marijuana in a motor vehicle or OHRV.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1137s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1137s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2130&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **126–231** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill M. Gannon — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Deb L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Hearing: 01/11/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 2
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1137s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1137s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1137s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-11** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/19/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-16** Executive Session: 04/24/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/24/2024 (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Removed from Consent (Reps. A. Murray, T. Mannion, Granger, Phillips, Yokela, Read, Noble, T. Lekas, Coulon, Costable) 05/06/2024 HJ 12 P. 2
- **2024-05-09** FLAM # 2024-1838h (Rep. T. Mannion): AF RC 126-231 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 66
- **2024-05-09** Lay SB426 on Table (Rep. T. Mannion): MF DV 141-216 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 69 `deferral`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA DV 194-160 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 69 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0159; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9794246-dfdc-4053-b02d-cb3c9259d158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).