---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study parental alienation in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a committee to study parental alienation in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 489 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fad5230-33af-4a46-be4b-277f7517da44"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2909&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9a4832987cf70565b597f6199b68faec6de646d27d9adfca6425619db75be90c"
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 489 (2018) — establishing a committee to study parental alienation in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1395h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1395h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1925&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Carl W. Seidel — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Burt — cosponsor (person)
- John Joseph Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing: 02/06/2018, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 6
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0514s, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0514s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0514s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1395h for 04/19/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 15 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment # 2018-1395h: AA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 3
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1395h: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 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 0229; 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/2fad5230-33af-4a46-be4b-277f7517da44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).