---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing the division of motor vehicles to contract with a third-party vendor to facilitate the secure transfer of title applications and information."
description: "allowing the division of motor vehicles to contract with a third-party vendor to facilitate the secure transfer of title applications and information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 156 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ba20e6-73da-419f-be9e-1c0df4db426c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1021&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "c4a0c171b8e4c333773007ceeb02f83aa5c1b6eb55b88dd70d6b2371f4172ded"
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 156 (2025) — allowing the division of motor vehicles to contract with a third-party vendor to facilitate the secure transfer of title applications and information.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2876e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2876e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 8
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0270s, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0270s, AA, VV; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0270s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2025; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 10:30 am LOB 203
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 05/06/2025 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/06/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-26** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2876e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2876e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0240; Effective 09/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ba20e6-73da-419f-be9e-1c0df4db426c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).