---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to administering oaths to certain state officers."
description: "relative to administering oaths to certain state officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1247"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1247 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis H. Fields"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ed015cb-eefd-4415-876e-ef30217cd20a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2256&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "02113e298fb1ab029b72f399d03987ce15e9134af706561e61ac088ecfc603ab"
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 1247 (2018) — relative to administering oaths to certain state officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1269&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Dennis H. Fields — primary (person)
- Herbert D. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Roger R. Berube — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 02:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-02-13** Executive Session: 01/25/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 7 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing: 04/11/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 23; Eff. 7/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ed015cb-eefd-4415-876e-ef30217cd20a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).