---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age."
description: "relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 266 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark McConkey"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea1cb5f-ddbf-4fea-bc78-658eed1e0f3a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1115&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "c80df9e524ccc9bd2640728130bed9176352b899a884d0dbf4f8800ccb8c809f"
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 266 (2025) — relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Mark McConkey — primary (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing: 02/13/2025, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 9A
- **2025-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 01:20 pm LOB 203
- **2025-04-23** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/06/2025 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-05-01** Executive Session: 05/01/2025 12:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/01/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 23 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 14 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Public Hearing: 05/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-05-14** Executive Session: 05/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/23/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 27 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0251; Effective 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ea1cb5f-ddbf-4fea-bc78-658eed1e0f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).