---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the maintenance obligations of motor vehicle operators."
description: "relative to the maintenance obligations of motor vehicle operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 649 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael E Granger"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/782e7031-c564-49ea-b396-d13d869001d8"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "543dd76c6963a857429a1fe5afc09c7e820dd02a065b8a3b0500092e371d9da8"
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 649 (2026) — relative to the maintenance obligations of motor vehicle operators.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Michael E Granger — primary (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — cosponsor (person)
- Shane A Sirois — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Transportation HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 02:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-02-25** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/18/2025 (Vote 8-8; RC) HC 14 P. 30
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA RC 212-143 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 88 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Ways and Means 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 90 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 92
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: No Recommendation, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-3; SC 21A
- **2025-05-15** Special Order to End of the Day, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Sen. Innis Moved to Rerefer to Committee, RC 19Y-3N, MA; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-11-03** Committee Report: No Recommendation, 01/07/2026, Vote 3-3; SC 46
- **2026-01-07** Sen. Innis Moved Ought to Pass; 01/07/2026; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Sen. McGough Floor Amendment # 2026-0039s, AA, VV; 01/07/2026; SJ 1
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0039s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/07/2026; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0345s, 02/05/2026; Vote 8-0; CC; SC 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0345s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Amendment # 2026-0345s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-0039s and 2026-0345s (Rep. T. Walsh): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1656e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1656e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/23/2026
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 69; eff.05/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/782e7031-c564-49ea-b396-d13d869001d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).