# New Hampshire SB553: relative to penalties for attempting to elude pursuit by law enforcement.

New Hampshire SB553, relative to penalties for attempting to elude pursuit by law enforcement., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Donovan Fenton (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-01-29 (Pending Motion Interim Study; 01/29/2026; SJ 2) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire SB553
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to penalties for attempting to elude pursuit by law enforcement.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-24
- Last action: 2026-01-29, Pending Motion Interim Study; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
- Sponsor: Donovan Fenton (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Donovan Fenton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Denise Ricciardi (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karel A. Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nancy A Murphy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sharon M. Carson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ted Gorski (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Terry W Roy (Republican), House

## Actions (5)

- 2026-01-29: Pending Motion Interim Study; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Sen. Abbas Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/29/2026, Vote 4-0; SC 3 (Senate)
- 2025-12-31: Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 48 (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-11-24: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22205)

## Related bills

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- HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed)
- SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed)
- CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed)
- HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22205)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB553-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).