---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the penalties for various motor vehicle violations."
description: "relative to the penalties for various motor vehicle violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 306 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e90d3bb-5944-4462-a114-a948bb5a3e7e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2904&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "35c2e5b6374c10f1da4262eaaeaf31cc95e7ac80569edea32511177ca2f288b3"
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 306 (2022) — relative to the penalties for various motor vehicle violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0306s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0306s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **201–132** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-22** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0306s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0306s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0306s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Public Hearing: 04/13/2022 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 15 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA RC 201-132 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Governor on 05/20/2022; Chapter 0092; Effective 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e90d3bb-5944-4462-a114-a948bb5a3e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).