New Hampshire transportation laws
What New Hampshire has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. New Hampshire is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
10 new New Hampshire laws take effect in 2027
- Bills in scope
- 4bills in scope
- Past committee
- 2past committee
- Most recent action
- 10 July 2026most recent action
Transportation laws enacted in New Hampshire
2 transportation laws enacted in the New Hampshire Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
- HB 1252requiring the department of safety to only administer tests for commercial driver's licenses in English and prohibiting the assistance of an interpreter during such tests.Took effect 31 August 2026
What it requires: The department of safety must administer both knowledge and skills tests for commercial driver licenses in English only. Interpreters are prohibited during both tests except for federally mandated exemptions under 49 C.F.R. part 391. Applicants must understand and respond to verbal commands in English.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
- SB 500relative to restroom access for certain commercial motor vehicle operators.Enacted 22 June 2026
What it requires: Covered establishments must grant commercial drivers access to covered restroom facilities when delivering or waiting to be loaded with goods. Terminal operators must provide a sufficient number of covered restrooms for covered drayage truck operators in areas they typically access, including parking for vehicles.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
Transportation in New Hampshire, by topic
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
2 bills, 2 enacted. Enacted in 34 states.
Truck size, weight and road use
1 bill. Enacted in 17 states.
Transportation bills in New Hampshire
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
2Enacted
2Introduced or inactive
4 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
2
What it would do: Authorizes the division of state police to use civilian automotive equipment inspectors in motor vehicle inspections. Allows certified law enforcement to enter commercial carrier premises during business hours to inspect records and conduct compliance reviews, new entrant safety audits, or investigations.
Bill titles link to the New Hampshire Legislature's own page.
What counts as transportation legislation
In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.
Questions
Does New Hampshire have a transportation law?
Yes. New Hampshire enacted 2 transportation laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 1252 and SB 500. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do New Hampshire's transportation laws take effect?
HB 1252 on 31 August 2026. The others have no single date in their text.
What does New Hampshire legislate on most in transportation?
Motor carriers and commercial drivers (2 bills) and Truck size, weight and road use (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
Other practice areas in New Hampshire
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- Alcohol in New Hampshire24
- Cannabis in New Hampshire22
- Children's Online Safety in New Hampshire5
- Cybersecurity in New Hampshire4
- Data center and energy in New Hampshire6
- Data Privacy in New Hampshire14
- Employment in New Hampshire36
- Healthcare in New Hampshire87
- Insurance in New Hampshire63
- Intellectual Property in New Hampshire5
- Packaging and PFAS in New Hampshire9
- Payments and fintech in New Hampshire6
- Rental housing in New Hampshire17
- Tobacco and nicotine in New Hampshire8
- All jurisdictions
Transportation legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Congress101
- New Jersey72
- Texas61
- New York49
- Missouri39
- Iowa34
- Oklahoma33
- California30
- Massachusetts30
- Louisiana25
- Illinois24
- Pennsylvania24
- Kentucky21
- Utah21
- Hawaii20
- Mississippi20
- Montana20
- Nebraska19
- Virginia18
- Maryland17
- Washington17
- New Mexico16
- Arizona15
- Tennessee15
- Connecticut14
- West Virginia14
- Minnesota13
- Oregon11
- Florida10
- Michigan10
- Rhode Island10
- South Dakota9
- Arkansas8
- Colorado7
- Georgia7
- Kansas7
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Wisconsin7
- South Carolina6
- Alaska5
- District of Columbia5
- Delaware5
- Wyoming5
- Indiana4
- Nevada4
- Vermont4
- Alabama3
- North Dakota3
- Idaho2
- Puerto Rico2
- Ohio1
Know when New Hampshire's transportation law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.