---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of school transportation vehicle."
description: "relative to the definition of school transportation vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 443 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc61a570-29b0-4823-83ff-75331ffb5252"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3063&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "89b700cc4f3ba6cfac89a3c90853586d0b60346b65e3749d132a812600006185"
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 443 (2024) — relative to the definition of school transportation vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0515s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0515s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2154&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)
- Angela Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing: 01/23/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 4
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0515s, 02/15/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0515s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0515s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2024 and referred to Education HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/26/2024 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-04-05** Executive Session: 04/09/2024 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/09/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 17 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/23/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 10
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0086; Effective 08/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc61a570-29b0-4823-83ff-75331ffb5252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).