---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to historic horse racing."
description: "relative to historic horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 626 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick F. Abrami"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d184e75b-50d5-415a-b141-84e2cff6fc13"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0512&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0bb3dac56048bad2cb6314401f2dfcf11f7b6feb450917d8487fd5e2ef9c3f68"
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 626 (2021) — relative to historic horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1354e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1354e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Patrick F. Abrami — primary (person)
- Casey M. Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Fred G. Doucette — cosponsor (person)
- Jennie R. Gomarlo — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 2 P. 57 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/11/2021 01:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99381153388 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Full Committee Work Session: 03/02/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94528213728 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Full Committee Work Session: 03/03/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92309184005 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-24** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-5; RC) HC 18 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA DV 223-152 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 63 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Remote Hearing: 04/19/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-04-20** 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`
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1354e RC 23Y-0N, AA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1354e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 103
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/20/2021); SJ 17
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2021; Chapter 66; I. Sec. 10 Eff: 07/01/2024 / II. Rem. Eff: 06/08/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d184e75b-50d5-415a-b141-84e2cff6fc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).