AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
Summary
Clarifies that a magistrate or sentencing judge sitting in a court with jurisdiction over motor vehicle offenses has the discretion to grant a conditional hardship license for a first-time offender upon request.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Last action Jun 5, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
06/05/2026 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 31, 2026
Committee
03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Dimitri
DDemocratic
P
Jake Bissaillon
DDemocratic
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
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