---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a foster care children's bill of rights."
description: "establishing a foster care children's bill of rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 385 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0429a7d-7c52-44b9-a4ee-2dcaefc0293b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2939&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e34b1c70e71785a5a1ff1a74473e722da9edcfb2227ae79dbfa1d60dfee73187"
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 385 (2018) — establishing a foster care children's bill of rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1244h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1244h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1955&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Mariellen J. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Sean D. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 102, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 2
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0109s, 01/18/2018; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0109s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0109s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1244h for 04/05/2018 (Vote 9-1; CC) HC 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Amendment # 2018-1244h: AA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 3
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1244h: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0220; Effective 06/08/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0429a7d-7c52-44b9-a4ee-2dcaefc0293b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).