---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study processes to resolve right-to-know complaints."
description: "establishing a commission to study processes to resolve right-to-know complaints."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 178 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ac0e7a-ff9a-4461-8238-91b3ae424909"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0374&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "6e09310c6dbdc4e37b7dd05d3dc2ee1e04b60f7a4faa11645816600cd67ced57"
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 178 (2017) — establishing a commission to study processes to resolve right-to-know complaints.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1586e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1586e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Public Hearing: 01/11/2017 10:45 AM LOB 208
- **2017-01-11** Executive Session: 01/17/2017 01:00 PM LOB 208
- **2017-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0049h for 01/26/2017 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 8 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Amendment # 2017-0049h: AA VV 01/26/2017 HJ 4 P. 4
- **2017-01-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0049h: MA VV 01/26/2017 HJ 4 P. 4 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2017, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 14
- **2017-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2017-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1586e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1586e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 25
- **2017-05-12** Enrolled (In recess 05/11/2017); SJ 17
- **2017-05-17** Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 48
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/16/2017; Chapter 126; I. Sec. 2 eff. 11/1/2017 ; II. Rem. eff. 6/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5ac0e7a-ff9a-4461-8238-91b3ae424909`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).