---
type: "Bill"
title: "reestablishing a commission to study grandfamilies in New Hampshire."
description: "reestablishing a commission to study grandfamilies in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 131 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48451131-0e7b-4546-b341-63e2d6ecd2d7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0880&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "4a870c1f7f15c267922ef405eea8107aee46f1e9a7fb6b60f997ce948a95c840"
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 131 (2019) — reestablishing a commission to study grandfamilies in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2424e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2424e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 9
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0485s, 02/21/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Amendment # 2019-0485s, AA, VV; 02/21/2019; SJ 6
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0485s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Public Hearing: 04/30/2019 11:00 am LOB 206
- **2019-04-30** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 206
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/23/2019 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 25 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2424e: AA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 41
- **2019-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2424e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2019; Chapter 197 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-15** I. Section 2 Effective 09/01/2020
- **2019-07-15** II. Remainder Effective 07/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48451131-0e7b-4546-b341-63e2d6ecd2d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).