---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to reductions of maximum sentences while on parole."
description: "relative to reductions of maximum sentences while on parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 424 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70448365-6647-4001-9fc4-585fc92fb620"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3035&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "eaa8fc052a7245435b6cc6b3fb00c7c415d53ca74e87f56974ed358a81a3bf00"
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 424 (2024) — relative to reductions of maximum sentences while on parole.

## 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=2126&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 01/31/2024, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 5
- **2024-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-11** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/19/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-16** Executive Session: 04/24/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/24/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 17 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/23/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 10
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0084; 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/70448365-6647-4001-9fc4-585fc92fb620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).