New Hampshire SB 618: relative to the penalties for repeat speeding offenders.

Bill Text

SB 618-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2196

 09/05

SENATE BILL 618-FN

AN ACT relative to the penalties for repeat speeding offenders. 

SPONSORS: Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 3

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

ANALYSIS

 This bill allows for the department of safety and courts to require drivers to install a device that uses GPS to actively limit the vehicle's speed to posted or preset speed limits, following certain offenses related to speeding.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2196

 09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the penalties for repeat speeding offenders. 

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

 1 New Subdivision; Excessive Speeding. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 67 the following new subdivision:

Excessive Speeding

 265:67-a Definitions.

 I. “Intelligent speed assistance (ISA) device” means an aftermarket device that uses GPS to actively limit the vehicle's speed to posted or preset speed limits. Devices must be tamper-resistant and capable of reporting attempts to disable or circumvent functionality. Active "intelligent speed assistance device" does not include any technology that is provided by the vehicle manufacturer as a component of a new motor vehicle and that controls or affects the speed of a motor vehicle.

 II. “Department” means the department of safety.

 III. “Excessive speeding” means traveling over 100 miles per hour on controlled access roads or 50 miles per hour above the posted speed limit on secondary roads. 

 IV. “Eligible offender” means a person whose license is suspended due to a conviction or administrative finding of excessive speeding, racing pursuant to RSA 265:75, or reckless driving where speed was a factor, or a person who has exceeded more than a determined number of speeding tickets per year, as defined by rule.

 265:67-b Data Collection.

 I. All data collected under this subdivision shall be securely maintained by the ISA device provider. Data related to violations involving tampering with, circumventing, or removing the ISA device may be shared with the department or the court that ordered the installation of the device.

 II. Data collected under this subdivision may only be shared under the following circumstances:

 (a) When required by a court order;

 (b) As directed by a state statute or regulation;

 (c) With the department or the ordering court in cases involving violations for tampering with, circumventing, or removing the device; or

 (d) If the data is depersonalized and aggregated for research or evaluation purposes, such as assessing the effectiveness of ISA offender programs in collaboration with third parties.

 265:67-c Use of ISA Devices.

 I. The department may require installation and use of an ISA device as a condition for license reinstatement for any eligible offender.

 II. If a person's license has been suspended under this subdivision, the terms of restricted or revoked license reinstatement may require the person to use a properly functioning ISA device while operating a motor vehicle.

 III. If a person has exceeded a defined number of speeding tickets per year, as determined by the department of safety through rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, they may be subject to installing this device as a condition of keeping their license.

 IV. A person subject to the requirements of this section shall not operate a motor vehicle without a properly functioning device for the duration of the restricted license.

 V. A person subject to the requirements in this section shall provide proof of ISA installation to the department through a form approved by the department from an ISA vendor.

 VI. The offender shall bear the cost of leasing, installing, and maintaining the ISA device, unless determined low income by the department, pursuant to RSA 265:67-d.

 VII. The ISA device shall be operational on any vehicle the offender operates for a period of not less than 12 months following reinstatement.

 265:67-d Program Affordability.

 I. The offender shall bear the cost of leasing, installing, and maintaining the ISA device, unless determined low income by the department and qualified to participate in an affordability program to partially offset the costs of the device. Persons meeting this standard shall re