HB 1537 New Hampshire House · 2026 Regular Session

relative to the use of high resolution cameras to identify school bus stop light violators.

HB 1537 allows school bus operators to install high-resolution cameras on stop bars (the flashing arms extending from school buses) to capture drivers who run school bus stop lights. The cameras must clearly identify faces, include digital timestamps and tamper-proof video markers, and only activate when stop bars are extended during student loading/unloading. Videos must be preserved for up to 4 years if injuries occur, but deleted after 7 days if unused for investigations. School bus operators may choose to install the cameras but are not required to do so.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 Signed Jun 24, 2026
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MINOR
No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The bill was assigned Chapter 175 and its section numbers were updated from generic numbering (1, 2, 3, 4) to RSA references (175:1 through 175:4). Approval date (June 19, 2026) and effective date (September 17, 2026) were added at the end. All remaining differences are formatting and line-wrapping adjustments.
TECHNICAL

Chapter number 175 assigned to the bill, with all section references updated from generic numbers to RSA format (e.g., section 1 became 175:1).

TIMELINE

Approval date of June 19, 2026 and effective date of September 17, 2026 were added at the end of the document.

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Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 24, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 175; eff. 09/17/2026
lower
Jun 3, 2026
Introduced
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1998e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14 P. 39
lower
Jun 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1998e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/21/2026); SJ 14
upper
Apr 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/23/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 15
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Introduced
Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 15
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 10 P. 11
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 24
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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