HB77: (New Title) prohibiting certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.

CHAPTER 143

HB 77-FN - FINAL VERSION

20Feb2025... 0080h

2025 SESSION

25-0093

07/05

HOUSE BILL 77-FN

AN ACT prohibiting certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.

SPONSORS: Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Feb2025... 0080h 25-0093

07/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT prohibiting certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.

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

143:1 New Paragraph; Alcoholic Beverages; Enforcement, Requirements and Penalties; Statement From Purchaser as to Age. Amend RSA 179:8 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. Notwithstanding any other law, nothing shall prohibit a licensee from scanning any of the approved forms of identification outlined in paragraph I for the purposes of verifying the age of a person purchasing alcohol or tobacco products. Nothing in this paragraph shall authorize the licensee to record, retain, or store, in any electronic form or format, information in motor vehicle records that identifies a person, including a person's photograph or computerized image, social security number, driver identification number, name, address (but not the 5-digit zip code), telephone number, and medical or disability information obtained from any of the approved forms of identification.

143:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 01, 2025

Effective Date: August 30, 2025