New Hampshire SB649: increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle.

What the bill says

An act increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle. Sen. McConkey, Dist 3; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Gorski, Hills. 2; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 3 COMMITTEE: Transportation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill increases fines and adds license suspension for repeat offenses involving the use of a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving, with enhanced penalties when the violatio.

From the chaptered text, May 28, 2026:

AN ACT increasing fines for using a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving a motor vehicle. Sen. McConkey, Dist 3; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Gorski, Hills. 2; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 3 COMMITTEE: Transportation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill increases fines and adds license suspension for repeat offenses involving the use of a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving, with enhanced penalties when the violation contributes to a crash. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2087 06/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT increasing fines for …

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Sponsors

• Donovan Fenton (D, 10) · primary sponsor
• Mark McConkey (R, 3)