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Commerce Committee deadlocks on vehicle-inspection fixes; bill sent to floor without recommendation
Summary
After lengthy testimony from the Department of Safety and the attorney general bout consumer disclosures and enforcement, the committee split 3-3 on amendments to HB 649 and failed to advance the bill in committee; the measure will go to the full Senate floor without recommendation.
The Senate Commerce Committee debated House Bill 649 and multiple amendments for more than an hour before failing to reach a committee recommendation.
Chair opened discussion by noting HB 649 removes the statutory annual vehicle-safety inspection requirement that was incorporated into the budget bill (HB 2). Senator McGough offered amendment 3066s to restore language that had briefly been chaptered into law and to correct an unintended consequence that would have left only certain fleet passenger vehicles subject to inspections. The committee adopted that amendment.
Senator Ricciardi then offered amendment 3065s to define "unsafe motor vehicle" (referencing RSA 266), require written disclosures in used-vehicle dealer…
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