---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to electronic credentials."
description: "relative to electronic credentials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1698 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom D Mannion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-12"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/336a5552-8706-464e-b279-0a3391bdd15b"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1555&inflect=2"
source_hash: "a9110607f61cb840ec4abfa7c4575e6a4f24f5a10d3961aaf642e6b184aed9cd"
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 1698 (2026) — relative to electronic credentials.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=24189&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33964&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32345&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Tom D Mannion — primary (person)
- Jeremy Slottje — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah Orion Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Drago — cosponsor (person)
- Peter L. Mehegan — cosponsor (person)
- Shane A Sirois — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-12** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 32 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 10:40 am GP 234
- **2026-02-05** Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/10/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 7 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 36 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-25** Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 15
- **2026-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 178; eff. 08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/336a5552-8706-464e-b279-0a3391bdd15b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).