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IntroducedDec 01, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
New Hampshire House Bill
Title: (New Title) requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter during such tests.
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Senate • Mar 17, 2026: Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7
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- Creightoncosponsor
- Sabourin dit Choinièrecosponsor
- Ricecosponsor
- Ricciardicosponsor
Votes
YES: 194
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Bailey, Glenn
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Bordes, Mike
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cambrils, Jose
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Corcoran, Travis
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Dolan, Tom
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Durkin, Sean
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hall, Robley
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leishman, Peter
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Milz, David
- Miner, Laurence
- Minor, Sheri
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Nelson, Jodi
- Noble, Kristin
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Polozov, Yury
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Proulx, Mark
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Salvi, Santosh
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Selby, Donald
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Steven
- Soti, Julius
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Terry, Paul
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tremblay, Marc
- Tripp, Richard
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Vallone, Mark
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 156
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Butler, Billie
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- England, Myles
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Girard, Dale
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jeudy, Jean
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- Leapley, Nicole
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Nagel, David
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Preece, David
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Richards, Beth
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schultz, Kris
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 23
- Buco, Thomas
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Ford, Mary
- Grossman, Gaby
- Grote, Jaci
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Haskins, Linda
- Hicks, Matthew
- Janigian, John
- Lovett, Peter
- Markell, Jay
- McFarlane, Donald
- Muirhead, Russell
- Notter, Jeanine
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Jonathan
- Spillane, James
- Swanson, Dale
- Varney, Peter
- Warden, Mark
OTHER: 19
Actions
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1010h: MA RC 194-156 03/12/2026 HJ 8
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Amendment #2026-1010h (NT): AA DV 184-158 03/12/2026 HJ 8
- FLAM #2026-1104h (NT) (Rep. Coker): AF DV 169-177 03/12/2026 HJ 8
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1010h (NT) 03/03/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 10 P. 74
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Public Hearing: 03/03/2026 10:20 am GP 234
- Executive Session: 03/03/2026 11:00 am GP 234
- Dec 01, 2025 | House
- Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Transportation
Documents
- Remote Testimony by Andros, Joanna (Walpole, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Atherton, John (Dover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bachrach, Christine (Grantham, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bailey, Gerianne (Stoddard, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bailey, Mark (Stoddard, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beardslee, Rev, Bill (Warner, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Berrio, Simon (Dalton, NH) - Support, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Blackmer, Jill (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brown, Nancy (Hopkinton, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by BULLOCK, JESSICA (Surry, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Campbell, Karolyn (Epsom, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Chalice, Michele. (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Chromik-Foley, Jennifer (Thornton, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Custer, Joshua (Milton Mills, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by D'Arcy, Rosemary (Bristol, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by DeMark, Richard (Meredith, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Eldridge, Hannah (DOVER, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Favreau, Jennifer (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Fiore, Jessamyn (Chesterfield, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Flynn, Brian (Rumney, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Gogolen, Robert (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Goss, Alyssa (Henniker, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hanna, Elke (Westmoreland, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hatcher, Debora (Dover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hiltz, James (Pembroke, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Howe, Jana (Merrimack, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jackson, Finnegan (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jackson, Sam (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jerauld, Nancy (Litchfield, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Joyce, Veronica (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by LANDRY, JASMINE (Marlborough, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Leach, Ted (Peterborough, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by LeBoeuf, Angelica (Rindge, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lynch, Chrisinda (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Malmberg, Richard (Walpole, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Marshall, Monica (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Martin, JoAnn (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Mason, James (Hancock, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Miles, Nancy (Hanover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Moretti, Katherine (Rochester, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Nardino, Marie (Andover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by O'Malley, Elizabeth (Portsmouth, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Porter, C (Fitzwilliam, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Prescott, Alexandra (raymond, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Racusin, Sharon (Hanover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Redmond-Scura, Maureen (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Rent, Karen (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Rhoades, Charles (Dover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Richardson, Daniel (Nashua, NH) - Support, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Romero, Dena (Hanover, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Saltmarsh, Hope (Bow, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Schongar, Kathryn (Peterborough, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Schubert, Jo (Cornish, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Schultz, Robert (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Shurman, Andrew (KEENE, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by St. Gelais, Courtney (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Straiton, Marie (Pembroke, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Teran, Catherine (Sandwich, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Thelen, Brett (Harrisville, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Vincent, Nancy (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Walsh, John (New London, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Wilking, Marilyn (Walpole, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
- Remote Testimony by Zimmer, Julie (Peterborough, NH) - Oppose, House TransportationHTML
