New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1698: relative to electronic credentials.
Status: Signed into law, June 24, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to electronic credentials. Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Slottje, Hills. 13; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Mehegan, Merr. 12 COMMITTEE: Transportation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill clarifies that the statute authorizing the division of motor vehicles to establish electronic credentials does not grant the authority to compel a person to create, maintain, or display an electronic credential, nor to require any business to accept them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the chaptered text, June 19, 2026:
AN ACT relative to electronic credentials. Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Slottje, Hills. 13; Rep. Sirois, Hills. 32; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Mehegan, Merr. 12 COMMITTEE: Transportation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill clarifies that the statute authorizing the division of motor vehicles to establish electronic credentials does not grant the authority to compel a person to create, maintain, or display an electronic credential, nor to require any business to accept them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2355 09/05 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to electronic credentials. III. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a person to obtain an electronic credential, …
Sponsors
- Tom Mannion (R, 1) · primary sponsor
- Jonah Wheeler (D, 33)