---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans."
description: "relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 12 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99046dda-cea6-4324-85d7-6bc5d09923d3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0244&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "52b0cb493198a59a42d6ef3e28552808d8846167d75616d3995da1f119506c35"
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 12 (2025) — relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing: 01/28/2025, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 7
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2025; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 109 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 09:30 am LOB 203
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 05/06/2025 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/06/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0213; Effective 09/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99046dda-cea6-4324-85d7-6bc5d09923d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).