---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the release of criminal conviction records."
description: "relative to the release of criminal conviction records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1265 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandra B. Keans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c30d332-2e69-443b-b45c-8d2700ae6e90"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2386&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e56b9a82b06599a97175b720c601227ca0c19c4fd1a1ae5f338d573bdee2d45b"
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 1265 (2018) — relative to the release of criminal conviction records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1430s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1430s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1399&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sandra B. Keans — primary (person)
- Robert Renny Cushing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 10:20 AM LOB 204
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1430s, 04/19/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Committee Amendment # 2018-1430s, AA, VV; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1430s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1430s (Rep. Welch): MA VV 04/26/2018 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 173; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c30d332-2e69-443b-b45c-8d2700ae6e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).