---
type: "Bill"
title: "increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle."
description: "increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 649 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-25"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0388447-db4b-45de-b6fc-c857a2d24d0c"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1276&inflect=2"
source_hash: "b0af662fe4a9dc8c92ffeff3aa6ff9cb4f6a3f4d7696e0510b6add983db526fd"
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 649 (2026) — increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-25** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-09** Hearing: 01/13/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 46
- **2026-01-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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 03:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-03-20** Executive Session: 03/20/2026 02:00 pm GP 159
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/20/2026 (Vote 11-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass: MA DV 232-123 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-03** Removed from Consent (Reps. Alexander Jr., Tom Mannion, McFarlane, Barton, D. Kelley, DeVito, Reinfurt, Granger, Thibault, Giasson) 04/03/2026 HJ 10 P. 11
- **2026-04-09** Lay SB649 on Table (Rep. Scherr): MF DV 168-186 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 20 `deferral`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-05-29** Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 114; 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/b0388447-db4b-45de-b6fc-c857a2d24d0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).