HB 570 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0354
02/05
HOUSE BILL 570
AN ACT relative to Real ID compliant New Hampshire driver's licenses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sykes, Graf. 14
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the department of safety to issue Real ID driver's licenses to noncitizen
aliens with lawful status.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 570 - AS INTRODUCED
23-0354
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to Real ID compliant New Hampshire driver's licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 License for Aliens Temporarily Residing in New Hampshire. Amend RSA 263:39-a, I to read
2 as follows:
3 I. The director may issue a New Hampshire driver's license to a nonresident alien who is
4 living in New Hampshire on a temporary basis:
5 (a) For the purposes of attending a public or private educational institution which has a
6 regular faculty, curriculum, and organized body of pupils or students in attendance and is enrolled in
7 such education institution;
8 (b) For the purposes of engaging in lawful employment, occupational, or business
9 activity, and is engaged in such activity; [or]
10 (c) Who is the spouse or child of an alien licensed under this section[.]; or
11 (d) If the person is otherwise eligible for a driver's license which meets the
12 standards of the Real ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13.
13 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 263:39-a