---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the suspension of drivers' licenses"
description: "relative to the suspension of drivers' licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 435"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 435 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George E. Sykes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4007ce74-f86d-45dd-a587-e7eff59f3dee"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0638&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "80bcc9c6cf8363c3721aeb392297e3264d5332ac88ab2a13aa7b55210bbf5801"
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 435 (2022) — relative to the suspension of drivers' licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2197h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2021-2197h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=641&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- George E. Sykes — primary (person)
- Nicole Klein-Knight — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Transportation HJ 2 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Public Hearing: 03/05/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99182085994 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-26** Retained in Committee
- **2021-09-15** Full Committee Work Session: 09/28/2021 10:00 am LOB 201-203 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initiallyconvened.
- **2021-09-29** Executive Session: 10/19/2021 1000am
- **2021-11-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2197h NT 10/19/2021 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 48 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-11** Amendment # 2021-2197h: AA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2197h: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing: 02/22/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:20 pm; SC 7
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/24/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/10/2022 HJ 5
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/24/2022); SJ 5
- **2022-03-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 03/18/2022; Chapter 7; 1/1/23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4007ce74-f86d-45dd-a587-e7eff59f3dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).