---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the detection and prevention of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults."
description: "relative to the detection and prevention of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 252 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59710364-1149-4816-b173-f86608cd1e94"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1094&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "319fabf19e1232cad10c2a3c303eb68a546c8eea20a42bf3889c6927d05253ab"
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 252 (2019) — relative to the detection and prevention of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2158h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2158h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 9
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0317s, 02/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0317s, AA, VV; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0317s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 01:15 pm LOB 302
- **2019-04-02** Full Committee Work Session: 04/10/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-04-09** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 01:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/08/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 23 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2019-05-08** Public Hearing: 05/15/2019 11:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-08** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 05/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-14** Executive Session: 05/21/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-22** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 06/05/2019 (Vote 15-6; RC) HC 27 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2158h
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA DV 289-54 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 70 `passage`
- **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 204; Effective 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59710364-1149-4816-b173-f86608cd1e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).