Bill Text: NH HB100 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to driving to the left of an unbroken painted line.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-26 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 128; Eff: 09/21/2021 [HB100 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB100-Introduced.html
HB 100 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0109
11/06
HOUSE BILL 100
AN ACT relative to driving to the left of an unbroken painted line.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds an exemption to the prohibition on crossing unbroken painted center lines while driving on any way.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0109
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to driving to the left of an unbroken painted line.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Highway Markings. This act shall be known as the Chapman Act.
2 Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Highway Markings. Amend RSA 265:22, I(d) to read as follows:
(d) In order to pass a pedestrian or a device moved by human power, including a bicycle, skateboard, or foot-scooter, provided such movement can be made safely[.]; or
3 New Subparagraph; Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Highway Markings. Amend RSA 265:22, I by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:
(e) In order to comply with RSA 265:37-a, I.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
