---
type: "Bill"
title: "amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks."
description: "amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1483"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1483 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wallace"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaeba1fd-c44f-4ca4-8a13-c09f6a73a20a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2468&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "63c725f2e8001a13be58a137b5e35d7af89451da5d41fb92da66993ac8903c1b"
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 1483 (2018) — amending the wiretapping and eavesdropping statute to include private communication networks.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0583h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0583h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1481&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Scott Wallace — primary (person)
- John A. Burt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 11:30 AM LOB 204
- **2018-02-07** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/06/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-14** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/13/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0583h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 7 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0583h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 6
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0583h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 183; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaeba1fd-c44f-4ca4-8a13-c09f6a73a20a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).