---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated."
description: "relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 620 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-11-25"
last_action: "2026-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124b2ebd-2954-4016-b33e-8101ea00b2d7"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1378&inflect=2"
source_hash: "c3d23361fb1aa9fa50a597ef2e555cb43ea52b01816c71addee1786ccf383d63"
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 620 (2026) — relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.

## 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=22298&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30676&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26074&q=billVersion)
4. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31190&q=billVersion)
5. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31017&q=billVersion)

## Votes

- OTPA — **259–94** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-25** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-31** Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 48
- **2026-01-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0130s, 01/29/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0130s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee Amendment # 2026-0130s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 5 P. 127 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 02:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-03-20** Executive Session: 03/20/2026 02:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1229h 03/20/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment # 2026-1229h: AA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 18
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1229h: MA RC 259-94 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-08** Removed from Consent (Reps. C. McGuire, Granger, Giasson, Beaulier, Tom Mannion, D. Kelley, J. Smith, Sirois, Mehegan, Drew) 04/08/2026 HJ 10 P. 11
- **2026-04-16** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/16/2026); SJ 9 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 28
- **2026-04-21** Signed by the Governor on 04/20/2026; Chapter 26; Effective 01/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/124b2ebd-2954-4016-b33e-8101ea00b2d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).