---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the child welfare system."
description: "relative to the child welfare system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 592"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 592 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690abb86-8f14-43f8-bb85-ac0ad40aaa32"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2819&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "45ffcbef2576fe068f864c44c1c61e997bd41ea5f8ade66aa4ced7cf005b042f"
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 592 (2018) — relative to the child welfare system.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2099e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2099e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1835&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Chuck W Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Frank R. Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Martin N. Bove — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Introduced 01/18/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** ===ROOM CHANGE=== Hearing: 02/08/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 6
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0992s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0992s, 03/14/2018; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2018-0992s, AA, VV; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0992s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/14/2018; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1153s, 03/22/2018; SC 13A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-1153s, AA, VV; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1153s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/22/2018; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Finance HJ 10 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 02:45 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/06/2018 09:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/11/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-12** Division III Work Session: 04/16/2018 09:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/18/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-18** ==CANCELLED== Division III Work Session: 04/23/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** ==RESCHEDULED== Division III Work Session: 04/24/2018 09:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1704h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 23-0; RC) HC 17 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Amendment # 2018-1704h: AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1704h: MA VV 05/03/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2099e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2099e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/26/2018; Chapter 0337 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** I. Section 1 & 18 shall not take effect
- **2018-06-29** II. Section 17 Effective 06/26/2018
- **2018-06-29** III. Remainder Effective 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690abb86-8f14-43f8-bb85-ac0ad40aaa32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).