---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the city of Claremont police commission."
description: "relative to the city of Claremont police commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 88 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew S. O'Hearne"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a0ff61a-1d08-4c45-83e0-1af49947e5a3"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0098&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "d2bbcb6d9b453609bfacf08e55cb5e1e3272dbe3a8de2dd9b4055df1ff224b10"
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 88 (2021) — relative to the city of Claremont police commission.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Andrew S. O'Hearne — primary (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 34 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/96815613466 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-02** Executive Session: 02/09/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/93215390740
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 18 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 43 `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 Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-16** 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 32; 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/0a0ff61a-1d08-4c45-83e0-1af49947e5a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).