CHAPTER 248

HB 347-FN - FINAL VERSION

01/05/2022   2291s

2022 SESSION

21-0332

11/05

HOUSE BILL 347-FN

AN ACT relative to driving with a suspended license.

SPONSORS: Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill makes driving after a license has been suspended for driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor in this or any out-of-state jurisdiction a misdemeanor, and imposes a fine on any person who does so.  The bill also clarifies that prior out-of-state convictions for driving after revocation or suspension may be considered when determining whether a person is guilty of a misdemeanor for driving after revocation or suspension.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/05/2022   2291s 21-0332

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to driving with a suspended license.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

248:1  New Subparagraph; Motor Vehicles; Driving After Revocation or Suspension.  Amend RSA 263:64, V-a by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c)  A person violating this section whose license or driving privilege has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of RSA 265-A:30, or pursuant to a reasonably equivalent law in any other jurisdiction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined $500 plus penalty assessment.

248:2  Motor Vehicles; Driving After Revocation or Suspension.  Amend RSA 263:64, VI to read as follows:

VI.  Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction based upon a complaint which alleged that the person has had one or more prior convictions for driving after revocation or suspension in this state or reasonably equivalent offenses in any other jurisdiction within the 7 years preceding the date of the second or subsequent offense.

248:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Approved: June 24, 2022

Effective Date: January 01, 2023