As the season changes, I’d like to thank our members and partners who attended our annual Drive for a Tech Golf Tournament, our last official summer event. Proceeds from the tournament support the NH Automotive Education Foundation and its initiative to award automotive scholarships in New Hampshire. Because of our members’ generous support, we were able to award over $65,000 in scholarships last year.
Entering the fall also means our new legislative session is upon us. By the end of December, hundreds of new bills will be filed, and our team will work hard to sort through them.
Our current watchlist consists of bills relative to banking reforms related to retail installment contracts, our annual safety inspection program, off-highway recreational vehicle (OHRV) safety and trail access, electric vehicles and more. In addition to our current watchlist, NHADA will identify critical issues to help ensure you have a great workplace and a productive and profitable business. More information on these topics will become available in the near future.
For a comprehensive overview of the bills we monitored last year, please see the list below.
We will once again need your input and voice in our legislative activity. As we have always said, “Our voice at the Statehouse in Concord is only as loud as yours back home!”
Stay tuned for more information as the 2024 session opens up.
Let me know if you have any questions on the above or any legislative matters. I can be reached at dbennett@nhada.com or (603) 224-2369.
Last Year’s Watch List
SB 256: Establishing a safety program for off-highway recreational vehicles.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 House Journal 17
SB 191: Relative to road toll registration surcharges for electric vehicles.
NHADA Position: Monitor
Last Action: Retained in Committee
SB 188: Relative to catalytic converters.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 House Journal 17
SB 160: Relative to the use of OHRVs on designated trails.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 House Journal 17
SB 52: Relative to the regulation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2023; Chapter 0066; Effective 08/06/2023
SB 22: Establishing a study commission to study automobile insurance for newly acquired vehicles.
NHADA Position: Monitor
Last Action: Hearing: 01/10/2023, Room 100, State House, 09:00 am; Senate Calendar 5
HB 646: Eliminating the vehicle inspection mandate for non-commercial vehicles.
NHADA Position: Oppose
Last Action: Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Transportation House Journal 3 P. 24
HB 459: Relative to transactions exempt from the regulation of business practices for consumer protection.
NHADA Position: Oppose
Last Action: Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/22/2023 House Journal 6 P. 16
HB 412: Re-establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state’s highways and bridges and their resulting improvements.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/20/2023; Chapter 87; Eff: Sec 2 eff 11/1/23 Rem eff 6/20/23
HB 364: Relative to transportation for students attending career and technical education centers.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 130; Eff: 07/01/2025 House Journal 17
HB 304: Relative to advanced driver assistance system disclosures by auto glass repair or replacement facilities.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs House Journal 3 P. 10
HB 2: Relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.
NHADA Position: Monitor
Last Action: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/20/2023; Chapter 79; Eff: 07/01/2023
HB 132: Relative to a tire disclosure for resales of trailers by utility dealers.
NHADA Position: Oppose
Last Action: Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/14/2023 House Journal 5
HB 92: Requiring the adoption of innovative vehicle emissions standards pursuant to section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act.
NHADA Position: Monitor
Last Action: Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2023 House Journal 8 P. 79
HB 57: Relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
NHADA Position: Monitor
Last Action: Relative to the state minimum hourly rate. Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/22/2023 House Journal 6 P. 56
HB 54: Relative to antique car inspections.
NHADA Position: Support
Last Action: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 11; eff: 07/03/2023
