Proposed $50 bike registration fee faces fierce pushback: ‘It's not looking too good’

By: Josh Rogers

Outlets: NHPR

Published: January 27, 2026

Words: 421

Last Updated: 22 hours, 25 minutes ago


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A plan to require bike and e-bike owners in New Hampshire to pay a $50 annual state registration fee is drawing a peloton of opposition. And on the eve of the bill’s first public hearing Tuesday, lead sponsor Rep. Thomas Walsh of Hooksett acknowledged it wasn’t destined for a fast track in Concord.

“It’s not looking too good,” Walsh, a Republican, said on Monday. “I’m getting beaten up …

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