---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the penalties for possession of marijuana."
description: "relative to the penalties for possession of marijuana."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 640"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 640 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb166f66-75d2-460c-80eb-647d7f96d0f6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0069&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "f05bac17af22c8731c3f09ffa013e1bc0a20b92971711a1b63abd2afb512ff7d"
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 640 (2017) — relative to the penalties for possession of marijuana.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2217e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-2217e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment 1692s — **7–16** (fail) · legislature
- OTP — **318–36** (pass) · legislature
- Committee Amendment 1619s — **18–5** (pass) · legislature
- Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment 1693s — **4–19** (fail) · legislature
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **17–6** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 01:00 PM Representatives Hall
- **2017-02-08** Executive Session: 02/07/2017 LOB 204
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 14-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass: MA RC 318-36 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 67 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:20 am; SC 18
- **2017-05-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1619s, 05/11/2017; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2017-1619s, RC 18Y-5N, AA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2017-1692s, RC 7Y-16N, AF; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Special Order HB 640 to the beginning of the Judiciary Committee, Without Objection, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2017-1693s, RC 4Y-19N, AF; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1619s, RC 17Y-6N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/11/2017; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1619s (Rep. Welch): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2017-06-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2217e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2217e: AA VV 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 23
- **2017-07-03** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-05** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 27
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/18/2017; Chapter 248; Eff. 9/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb166f66-75d2-460c-80eb-647d7f96d0f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).