Bill Text: NH HB1128 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adding deaf or hard of hearing to the medical conditions that may be indicated on a driver's license or nondriver's identification.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020 Senate Journal 8 [HB1128 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1128-Introduced.html
HB 1128 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2099
11/04
HOUSE BILL 1128
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds deaf or hard of hearing to the medical conditions that may be indicated on a driver's license or nondriver's identification card.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2099
11/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Drivers' Licenses; Form of License; Medically Recognized Disorder Indication. Amend RSA 263:41-b, III to read as follows:
III. For the purpose of this section, [autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or its abbreviation is] the following medically recognized disorders, or their abbreviations, are authorized to be printed on the driver's license or nondriver's picture identification card[.]:
(a) Autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
(b) Deaf or hard of hearing.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.