---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the admissibility of proffered evidence in sexual assault cases."
description: "relative to the admissibility of proffered evidence in sexual assault cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 9 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c9a7978-5464-4b3f-bbe1-fec1ae30fda4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0786&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "60126f4588e831a8b57b000a42060ccfec25b61a84caa8751b2a9b8501265613"
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 9 (2017) — relative to the admissibility of proffered evidence in sexual assault cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0358s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0358s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **328–30** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing: 01/24/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0358s, 02/16/2017; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2017-0358s, AA, VV; 02/16/2017; SJ 6
- **2017-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0358s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2017; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2017-02-28** Introduced 02/16/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 8 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/28/2017 10:30 AM LOB 208
- **2017-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2017 10:00 AM LOB 208
- **2017-04-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/04/2017 (Vote 11-4; RC) HC 22 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA RC 328-30 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 25 `passage`
- **2017-05-12** Enrolled (In recess 05/11/2017); SJ 17
- **2017-05-17** Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 48
- **2017-06-13** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2017; Chapter 0092; Effective 08/06/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c9a7978-5464-4b3f-bbe1-fec1ae30fda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).