Bill Text: NH SB358 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to use of navigation devices in motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Signed by the Governor on 05/27/2016; Chapter 0154; Effective 05/27/2016 [SB358 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB358-Introduced.html
SB 358 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2728
03/01
SENATE BILL 358
AN ACT relative to use of navigation devices in motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Chirichiello, Rock. 6; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13; Rep. M. O'Brien, Hills. 36
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill specifies types of navigation devices exempt from the prohibition on mobile electronic device use while driving.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2728
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to use of navigation devices in motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Mobile Electronic Device Prohibition; Navigation. Amend RSA 265:79-c by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a driver, regardless of age, from receiving aural routing information from a global positioning device or navigation service that is integrated into the vehicle or securely mounted on the dashboard; or receiving turn-by-turn routing information from the screen of a global positioning device or navigation service that is integrated into the vehicle or mounted on the dashboard, windshield, or visor of the vehicle.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
