---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to school bus drivers' certificates."
description: "relative to school bus drivers' certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1758"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1758 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Oppel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654d4a16-b6c9-472a-8ce7-ce810f6f7810"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1847&inflect=2"
source_hash: "6f6678d415f4ad50c911157ba3d0fea502755e6d1ee95d72608a25f4bd6cfeec"
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 1758 (2026) — relative to school bus drivers' certificates.

## 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=24518&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31406&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33966&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32205&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Thomas Oppel — primary (person)
- David Fracht — cosponsor (person)
- Henry R Giasson — cosponsor (person)
- Hope E Damon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 34 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 11:00 am GP 234
- **2026-02-05** Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- **2026-02-11** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/10/2026 (Vote 8-7; RC) HC 7 P. 40 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 113 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-25** Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 13
- **2026-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1524s, 04/23/2026, Vote 4-0; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Committee Amendment # 2026-1524s, AA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
- **2026-04-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1524s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1524s (Rep. T. Walsh): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **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 180; 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/654d4a16-b6c9-472a-8ce7-ce810f6f7810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).