---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to actions against tenants for a caregiver under an agreement for a person with disabilities."
description: "relative to actions against tenants for a caregiver under an agreement for a person with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1589 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan W. Almy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504a5eac-c68d-4999-84f2-befd1a34a5f9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2369&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d1571961d74bb06c20a652315cacfbb8b11ffe0e385b9995b99b73dad15ca073"
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 1589 (2018) — relative to actions against tenants for a caregiver under an agreement for a person with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0732h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0732h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1382&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Susan W. Almy — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Frank R. Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne H. Gottling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 10:30 AM LOB 208
- **2018-02-22** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 208
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0732h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 9 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0732h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 47
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0732h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 47 `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, 10:00 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 189; 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/504a5eac-c68d-4999-84f2-befd1a34a5f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).