---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the minimum age for marriage."
description: "relative to the minimum age for marriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1587"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1587 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacalyn L. Cilley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6519ec28-35b1-479a-952c-77ca2d1a91f0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2362&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "84a1441b495fb74bfa6f54c0b25184ef19361b3b33f53aea003082b3998a19ba"
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 1587 (2018) — relative to the minimum age for marriage.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0460h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0460h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1375&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jacalyn L. Cilley — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen Read — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Kent Campion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 01:00 PM LOB 206
- **2018-01-24** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2018 09:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-01-29** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 03:30 PM LOB 206
- **2018-01-31** ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2018 03:30 PM LOB 206
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0460h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 9 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0460h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 6
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0460h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2018; Chapter 272; 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/6519ec28-35b1-479a-952c-77ca2d1a91f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).