---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a veterans track within the court system and relative to annulment of a sentence imposed by a mental health court."
description: "establishing a veterans track within the court system and relative to annulment of a sentence imposed by a mental health court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 652 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be1fce6-8516-4e2b-a5c6-0bd9308019d5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0618&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "7d1ec64a77affb04368208c6f3a663e4ef4a79d29e70a78de6fc50c56cd462e9"
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 652 (2017) — establishing a veterans track within the court system and relative to annulment of a sentence imposed by a mental health court.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0868h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0868h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-02-01** Executive Session: 02/08/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0341h for 02/15/2017 (Vote 18-0; RC) HC 11 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Amendment # 2017-0341h: AA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 47
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0341h: MA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 47 `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Judiciary 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 47
- **2017-02-28** Public Hearing: 03/07/2017 10:30 AM LOB 208
- **2017-03-07** Executive Session: 03/15/2017 10:00 AM LOB 208
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0868h (NT) for 03/23/2017 (Vote 12-2; RC) HC 16 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Amendment # 2017-0868h: AA VV 03/23/2017 HJ 11 P. 18
- **2017-03-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0868h: MA VV 03/23/2017 HJ 11 P. 18 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Introduced 03/23/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 18
- **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`
- **2017-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2017; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Special Order HB 652 to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2017; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Special Order HB 652-FN to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/31/2017; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/31/2017; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2017; Chapter 169; eff 01/01/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1be1fce6-8516-4e2b-a5c6-0bd9308019d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).