---
type: "Bill"
title: "creating a commemorative license plate celebrating the 250th anniversary of American Independence."
description: "creating a commemorative license plate celebrating the 250th anniversary of American Independence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 260 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen C. Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd37322-502f-45ea-891d-74e0fa11ce2b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0324&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "ab95d33bbe0ac10ed387db725bc83e2062699c9bb4a15558ea68d35829754228"
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 260 (2025) — creating a commemorative license plate celebrating the 250th anniversary of American Independence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0139h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0139h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Stephen C. Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 11:15 am LOB 203
- **2025-01-22** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/28/2025 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2025-01-29** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/04/2025 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0139h (NT) 02/04/2025 (Vote 12-4; RC) HC 12 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0139h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 19
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0139h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 19 `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, 01:30 pm; SC 14
- **2025-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/23/2025; Chapter 126; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 07/04/2027 II Rem eff 08/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dd37322-502f-45ea-891d-74e0fa11ce2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).