SB 41-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0936
11/09
SENATE BILL41-FN
AN ACTchanging the reckless driving minimum penalties.
SPONSORS:Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31
COMMITTEE:Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill enhances the penalties for driving a vehicle in excess of 100 miles per hour.
This bill is at the request of the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0936
11/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTchanging the reckless driving minimum penalties.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Serious Traffic Offenses; Reckless Driving. Amend RSA 265:79 to read as follows:
265:79 Reckless Driving; Minimum Penalty.
I. Whoever upon any way drives a vehicle recklessly, or causes a vehicle to be driven recklessly, as defined in RSA 626:2, II(c), or so that the lives or safety of the public shall be endangered, or upon a bet, wager, or race, or who drives a vehicle for the purpose of making a record, [or who drives a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or greater,] and thereby violates any of the provisions of this title or any rules adopted by the director, shall be, notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII, guilty of a violation and fined not less than $500 plus penalty assessment for the first offense and $750 plus penalty assessment for the [second] subsequent offense nor more than $1,000 plus penalty assessment and his or her license or operating privilege shall be revoked for a period of 60 days for the first offense and from 60 days to one year for the [second] subsequent offense.
II. Whoever upon any way drives a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or greater and thereby violates any of the provisions of this title or any rules adopted by the director, shall be, notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII, guilty of a violation and fined not less than $750 plus penalty assessment for the first offense and $1000 plus penalty assessment for the subsequent offense and his or her license or operating privilege shall be revoked for a period of 90 days for the first offense and from 90 days to one year for the subsequent offense.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
LBA
25-0936
12/5/24
SB 41-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTchanging the reckless driving minimum penalties.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Revenue Indeterminable
Revenue Fund Highway Fund, Penalty Assessment (General Fund, Victims' Assistance Fund, and Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund)
Expenditures* Indeterminable
Funding Source General Fund
Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0
Funding Source None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
County Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
County Expenditures Indeterminable
Local Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Expenditures Indeterminable
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
Indeterminable
Revenue Fund
Highway Fund, Penalty Assessment (General Fund, Victims' Assistance Fund, and Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund)
Expenditures*
Indeterminable
Funding Source
General Fund
Appropriations*
$0
$0
$0
$0
Funding Source
None
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
County Expenditures
Indeterminable
Local Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Local Expenditures
Indeterminable
METHODOLOGY:
This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association