---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services."
description: "establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 629 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16fc89a8-36bc-4b4b-a8e1-336e5aa6433f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0291&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "b43e65fc97cf2b9c5ebf7de72a187d85f142c58f83fbffc33120b60f25ce4b3b"
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 629 (2017) — establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1877e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1877e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **283–32** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/14/2017 03:00 PM LOB 206
- **2017-02-23** Executive Session: 02/22/2017 LOB 206
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 8 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:45 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; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1616s, 05/11/2017; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2017-1616s Non-Germane, 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2017-1616s; 2/3 Necessary, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2017-1616s, AA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1616s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2017; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1616s (Rep. K. Rice): MA RC 283-32 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 4
- **2017-05-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1877e: AA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 9
- **2017-05-18** Enrolled 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 8
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Avard Moved Adoption of Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1877e, AA, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 18
- **2017-05-18** Enrolled (In recess 05/18/2017); SJ 18
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/19/2017; Chapter 53; I. Sec. 5 eff. 5/19/17 ; II. Rem. eff. 1/1/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16fc89a8-36bc-4b4b-a8e1-336e5aa6433f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).