---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to juvenile justice procedures."
description: "relative to juvenile justice procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 397 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63a90eca-7e91-4d33-85d9-a67560404dd1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0719&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "4ae10045d67cd829c783292cc5d5fd08cc391b34fe9e7b3d063723fe1a0fbfa6"
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 397 (2017) — relative to juvenile justice procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1983e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1983e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 02/14/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-02-15** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/22/2017 10:00 AM LOB 303
- **2017-02-22** Executive Session: 02/28/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0665h for 03/08/2017 (Vote 12-2; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0665h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 7
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0665h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 7 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Hearing: 04/25/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 19
- **2017-05-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1617s, 05/11/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2017-1617s, AA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1617s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2017; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1617s (Rep. K. Rice): MA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 3
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1983e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1983e: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 149
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-07-05** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/29/2017; Chapter 180; Eff. 8/28/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63a90eca-7e91-4d33-85d9-a67560404dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).