---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a voluntary \"blue envelope\" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders."
description: "establishing a voluntary \"blue envelope\" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 140 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodi K Newell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08650d4c-d346-4fe4-98ae-41045fcad7b1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0286&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "5327ee9a1da75409d49885e06a5f2f3a4177d64f197cb1b0b910cff167febec7"
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 140 (2025) — establishing a voluntary "blue envelope" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0129h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0129h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jodi K Newell — primary (person)
- Alissandra Murray — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Heath Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Tenczar — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah Orion Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Linda C Harriott-Gathright — cosponsor (person)
- Loren Selig — cosponsor (person)
- Lucius Parshall — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 10:20 am LOB 203
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/28/2025 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2025-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0129h (NT) 01/28/2025 (Vote 16-0; RC) HC 10 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Amendment # 2025-0129h: AA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 47
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0129h: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 47 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 101, LOB, 01:10 pm; SC 14
- **2025-03-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 17; eff. 07/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08650d4c-d346-4fe4-98ae-41045fcad7b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).