---
type: "Bill"
title: "granting immunity from prosecution for prostitution for reporting a sexual assault."
description: "granting immunity from prosecution for prostitution for reporting a sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 123 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Klein-Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14898621-12fc-42cc-9759-e0d66ff315c8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0093&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "7ab7b9560764d458103b0afe5749ed2d4ff111805643f4656b5c3d58788a4aee"
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 HB 123 (2021) — granting immunity from prosecution for prostitution for reporting a sexual assault.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0760h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0760h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Nicole Klein-Knight — primary (person)
- David A. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Donald J. Bouchard — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 36 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Public Hearing: 03/10/2021 02:30 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92387218591 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0760h (Vote 17-4; RC) HC 18 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0760h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 139
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0760h: MA DV 354-16 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 139 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/20/2021, 01:00 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-05-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/13/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/10/2021); SJ 19
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2021; Chapter 78; Eff: 01/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14898621-12fc-42cc-9759-e0d66ff315c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).