---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal record checks in adoption proceedings and foster family home licensing."
description: "relative to criminal record checks in adoption proceedings and foster family home licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 355 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77eea186-602b-43ae-9391-bf2ed74f4a5f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0281&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "85106df7bc81e90f6bb6798c22c2f0d4aacc665700e9f77644b10640e4a054ad"
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 355 (2017) — relative to criminal record checks in adoption proceedings and foster family home licensing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1585e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1585e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-01-19** Executive Session: 01/31/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/09/2017 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 10 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/09/2017 HJ 6 P. 2 `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 02/09/2017 HJ 6 P. 2
- **2017-02-16** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 02/16/2017 HJ 8 P. 43
- **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, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **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 # 2017-1585e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1585e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **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 136; 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/77eea186-602b-43ae-9391-bf2ed74f4a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).