---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the registration of motor vehicles owned by veterans."
description: "relative to the registration of motor vehicles owned by veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 238 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15abbfe-e656-40d7-af1d-9759b99935d1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0580&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "2e9f7409a192ac43e0f234ade2569399f7e13c4d83ca075054aee0990f4cb0ba"
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 238 (2019) — relative to the registration of motor vehicles owned by veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1753h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1753h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 9
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0621s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0621s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0621s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2019 11:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-04-23** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/30/2019 01:30 pm LOB 203
- **2019-05-01** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/14/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2019-05-14** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/21/2019 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2019-05-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1753h for 06/05/2019 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 27 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-1753h: AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 23
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1753h: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 23 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Watters Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 279; Effective 09/17/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f15abbfe-e656-40d7-af1d-9759b99935d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).