---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to candidate background checks for law enforcement officers."
description: "relative to candidate background checks for law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 530"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 530 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Dolan"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8317bb74-a6ab-4e3e-ad90-43889cccf246"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0540&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "3a879b6483035b1aeee3cbc2d6afb7fc55881a92a060f434d843c83ebca88326"
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 530 (2021) — relative to candidate background checks for law enforcement officers.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Dolan — primary (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 09:00 am 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.
- **2021-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 5 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Remote Hearing: 03/23/2021, 02:30 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **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
- **2021-09-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/25/2021; Chapter 226; Eff: 11/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8317bb74-a6ab-4e3e-ad90-43889cccf246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).