---
type: "Bill"
title: "increasing the penalty for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons."
description: "increasing the penalty for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 180"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 180 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda A. Massimilla"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38c30d6-27a9-42ae-b61e-8360edb7bf65"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0125&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "2fafab011cc68629e9208fb40364441dcf25d6b9ab0e43393c12af583602dfdb"
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 180 (2021) — increasing the penalty for buyers under the law regarding trafficking in persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1693s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1693s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Linda A. Massimilla — primary (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia S. Klee — cosponsor (person)
- Phyllis M. Katsakiores — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy T. Egan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 38 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Public Hearing: 02/17/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/98063742762 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0397h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0397h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 6
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0397h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/15/2021, 01:45 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-05-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1693s, 05/27/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 25A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Committee Amendment # 2021-1693s, AA, VV; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-05-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1693s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/27/2021; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2021-06-08** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1693s and Requests CofC (Reps. Abbas, Rhodes, Wallace, Massimilla): MA VV 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 52
- **2021-06-10** Sen. Carson Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-06-10** President Appoints: Senators Carson, French, Whitley; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2021 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2021-06-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2021-2016c; 06/24/2021
- **2021-06-24** Conference Committee Report # 2021-2016c, Adopted, VV; 06/24/2021; SJ 20
- **2021-06-24** Conference Committee Report 2021-2016c: Adopted, VV 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/30/2021; Chapter 165; 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/a38c30d6-27a9-42ae-b61e-8360edb7bf65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).