---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to police disciplinary hearings and authorizing the department of justice to maintain an exculpatory evidence schedule."
description: "relative to police disciplinary hearings and authorizing the department of justice to maintain an exculpatory evidence schedule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 471"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 471 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Roy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce758dd1-6c71-4ce8-978c-1f543af734c0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0627&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "75700c79d3ebae973d7f4560b8c9ccf4f38bcc1148ac52824a01f4636488cabf"
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 471 (2021) — relative to police disciplinary hearings and authorizing the department of justice to maintain an exculpatory evidence schedule.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1169s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1169s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment 1169s — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Roy — primary (person)
- David A. Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- John Bordenet — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark R. King — cosponsor (person)
- Melbourne R. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry A. Frost — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 49 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 01:30 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95686681680 / 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 # 2021-0386h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0386h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 8
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0386h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 8 `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, 01:00 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/15/2021, 01:15 pm, on proposed amendment # 2021-1118s; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1169s, 04/29/2021; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Committee Amendment # 2021-1169s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/29/2021; SJ 13
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1169s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1169s (Rep. Abbas): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 4
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-09-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/25/2021; Chapter 225; I. Sec. 2 Eff: 09/24/2021 II. Rem. Eff: 08/25/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce758dd1-6c71-4ce8-978c-1f543af734c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).