---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the response of law enforcement and the criminal justice system to homelessness in New Hampshire,"
description: "establishing a committee to study the response of law enforcement and the criminal justice system to homelessness in New Hampshire,"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 286 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Klein-Knight"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8de4d60-c57b-4e7b-8d32-a61014bd4420"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0449&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "00a0a67834125dff396859f48c5917df90e66ffe016d0079206e6beb45f256fd"
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 286 (2021) — establishing a committee to study the response of law enforcement and the criminal justice system to homelessness in New Hampshire,

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Nicole Klein-Knight — primary (person)
- Ariel Oxaal — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Donald J. Bouchard — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Melbourne R. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Labranche — cosponsor (person)
- Willis T. Griffith — 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. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Public Hearing: 02/17/2021 10:45 am 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.
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-2; 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: 04/15/2021, 02:00 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 102
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled RC 23Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2021; Chapter 39; Eff: 05/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8de4d60-c57b-4e7b-8d32-a61014bd4420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).