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Committee votes to strengthen Traffic Safety Commission reporting, add trauma-review member
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to pass a bill requiring the Traffic Safety Commission to include aggregated causes of traffic collisions and recommendations in its annual report and to add a trauma medical review committee member to the commission.
The House Transportation Committee unanimously recommended 'ought to pass' on Senate Bill 499, which would require the Traffic Safety Commission’s yearly report to include aggregated data on causes of traffic collisions in New Hampshire and any recommendations to address those causes. The committee also accepted an amendment adding a member of the trauma medical review committee to the commission.
Grant Bossi, deputy chief of staff to the New Hampshire Senate, introduced the measure for Senator Regina Birdsell and said the change was intended to make the Commission’s reporting more concrete and data‑driven. "This would just make sure that this report broke that down and we knew what was contributing to the causes of accidents here in New Hampshire," Bossi told the committee.
Representative members said the additional trauma‑review representation would bring clinical insight into causation and preventive measures; Representative Gison and others argued better data will help legislators reach more informed decisions on traffic safety interventions.
The committee acted in executive session and adopted the motion to pass SB499 by unanimous consent (14–0).
