---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to incarceration for nonpayment of an assessment or nonperformance of community service."
description: "relative to incarceration for nonpayment of an assessment or nonperformance of community service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 200 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad65ab3-6e5e-49e7-8b2c-9da42745a97e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0966&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "ef9439e87204518917fe488388de1fc7f97a4b3c4d77f5bcc8a16239d4afe6c2"
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 SB 200 (2017) — relative to incarceration for nonpayment of an assessment or nonperformance of community service.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1539e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1539e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: 02/07/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:40 am; SC 9
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2017; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Introduced 02/16/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 8 P. 46 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/15/2017 01:30 PM LOB 208
- **2017-03-29** Executive Session: 03/29/2017 LOB 208
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/20/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 20 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 8 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1539e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 25
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1539e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 47
- **2017-06-07** Signed by the Governor on 06/02/2017; Chapter 0086; Effective 08/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aad65ab3-6e5e-49e7-8b2c-9da42745a97e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).