---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to limitation of actions in which the state is a plaintiff."
description: "relative to limitation of actions in which the state is a plaintiff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 186 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d6f6deb-7124-4cd7-a449-fbeef3a3ec5f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0443&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "75b11816ee7ea89373d173c04b6ac4bde9357053572a708002cb9a8c6aa51ffc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 186 (2017) — relative to limitation of actions in which the state is a plaintiff.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-1399s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1399s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2017 11:00 AM LOB 208
- **2017-02-08** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2017-0286h: 02/14/2017 10:00 AM LOB 208
- **2017-02-15** Executive Session: 02/21/2017 10:00 AM LOB 208
- **2017-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0286h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 10-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Amendment # 2017-0286h: AA VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 18
- **2017-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0286h: MA VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 18 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2017-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1399s, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Committee Amendment # 2017-1399s, AA, VV; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1399s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1399s (Rep. Hagan): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 3
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2017; Chapter 159; eff. 01/01/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d6f6deb-7124-4cd7-a449-fbeef3a3ec5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).