---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the delivery of the mittimus in a criminal case."
description: "relative to the delivery of the mittimus in a criminal case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 313 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff78166a-86fc-47b2-bd98-12581f72e232"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2925&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "9b54c65b9de58b5d3a7f5e06b27204aa83ed2f7c20a1cda230984e3e26f9d117"
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 SB 313 (2024) — relative to the delivery of the mittimus in a criminal case.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2016&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 02/01/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-26** Executive Session: 03/29/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0014; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff78166a-86fc-47b2-bd98-12581f72e232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).