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SB358: relative to use of navigation devices in motor vehicles.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 SB358
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Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Concurred
Committee
HOUSE Transportation
Hearing
03/29/2016 at 11:00 AM
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Transportation

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CHAPTER 154

SB 358 - FINAL VERSION

03/10/2016 0836s

20Apr2016... 1223h

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

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/10/2016 0836s

20Apr2016... 1223h 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:

154:1 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 hands-free global positioning device or navigation service through a mobile electronic device; or receiving turn-by-turn routing information from the screen of a global positioning device or navigation service through a mobile electronic device that is integrated into the vehicle or mounted on the dashboard, windshield, or visor of the vehicle.

154:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 27, 2016

Effective Date; May 27, 2016