---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing certain organizations to issue decal plates."
description: "authorizing certain organizations to issue decal plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 309 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3976efad-9000-48f7-8081-ddde25b4fd9b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3013&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2094582bbd91f61e8e95514a4aa184575d7aac4e5d238c97e387824c33f7136b"
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 309 (2022) — authorizing certain organizations to issue decal plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2097e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2097e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — 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`
- **2021-12-29** Hearing: 01/18/2022, Room 101, LOB, 01:20 pm; SC 1
- **2022-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 10:40 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1710h (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1710h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1710h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2097-EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2097e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0216; Effective 08/16/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3976efad-9000-48f7-8081-ddde25b4fd9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).