---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to court requests for documents in conjunction with petitions for guardianship of a minor and guardianship of an incapacitated person."
description: "relative to court requests for documents in conjunction with petitions for guardianship of a minor and guardianship of an incapacitated person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 143 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c730a6-85e9-44ec-a033-a0e6ad3ce266"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0952&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "b1396c33592fbd6d2380cf3654cc1d1bfaeb496149fa2bf603f4d2dc7c8eebfa"
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 143 (2017) — relative to court requests for documents in conjunction with petitions for guardianship of a minor and guardianship of an incapacitated person.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0583s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0583s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing: ===RECESSED=== 02/22/2017, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 11
- **2017-02-23** Hearing: 03/08/2017, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2017-0583s; SC 12
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0583s, 03/16/2017; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2017-0583s Non-Germane, 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-03-16** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2017-0583s, 2/3 Necessary, MA; 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2017-0583s, AA, VV; 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0583s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2017; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Introduced 03/09/2017 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 10 P. 77 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/04/2017 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-04-04** Executive Session: 04/11/2017 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/20/2017 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 20 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **2017-05-10** Signed by the Governor on 05/09/2017; Chapter 0039; Effective 07/08/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c730a6-85e9-44ec-a033-a0e6ad3ce266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).