---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs."
description: "requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 598 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026ba0da-185e-474e-bf7b-3ae0178e35ba"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3156&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d6f5256785bdfc8e292f9da3abcc1e3b868ade65cab4cb915641d02a9468e472"
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 598 (2024) — requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs.

## 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=2255&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Introduced 01/18/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing: 02/20/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 7
- **2024-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024, Vote 4-0; 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 Transportation HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-05-01** Executive Session: 05/07/2024 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2024-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/07/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0176; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026ba0da-185e-474e-bf7b-3ae0178e35ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).