---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to post-conviction DNA testing."
description: "relative to post-conviction DNA testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 270 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey M. Conley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b75fc26e-527b-4b2e-92a2-a80ed96d4761"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0075&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "1c1f4f4d8803b030afb683050df82d04e7e0c79e5a30921361951590ef672cd3"
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 270 (2021) — relative to post-conviction DNA testing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1285e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1285e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Casey M. Conley — primary (person)
- Joe Schapiro — cosponsor (person)
- Melbourne R. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 41 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Public Hearing: 02/26/2021 09:45 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92701022260 / 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 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 7 `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: 04/13/2021, 01:45 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/29/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1285e RC 23Y-0N, AA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1285e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 102
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/13/2021); SJ 16
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2021; Chapter 49; Eff: 07/24/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b75fc26e-527b-4b2e-92a2-a80ed96d4761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).