---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount."
description: "repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 382"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 382 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Sweeney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4225859a-846a-46dd-9c3c-715d9429945a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0888&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "7f24c4c81be2702830da728dd5eb05489c074375fd6f552be27fcc75da6af977"
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 382 (2025) — repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1811s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1811s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Joe Sweeney — primary (person)
- Alissandra Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Grill — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 3 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2025-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0687h (NT) 03/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment # 2025-0687h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 14
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0687h: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-04-08** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-08** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:05 am, on proposed amendment #2025-1243s; SC 17
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1811s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1811s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1811s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1811s (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 14
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 184; eff. 09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4225859a-846a-46dd-9c3c-715d9429945a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).