---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to limits on wagers in charitable games of chance."
description: "relative to limits on wagers in charitable games of chance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 169 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/911cb778-48bf-4368-8731-b599abb2b781"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0260&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d6239cd79a674ce890ab72ea9bb1714cbf49a5c21ebcc33cef1cb69c39bf5aef"
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 169 (2018) — relative to limits on wagers in charitable games of chance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1896s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1896s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=263&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Inexpedient to Legislate — **6–18** (fail) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 2 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2017 10:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-01-19** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/26/2017 12:00 PM LOB 202
- **2017-02-02** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/15/2017 09:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-02-08** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2017 09:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-02-15** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/22/2017 09:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-02-28** Executive Session: 02/28/2017 LOB 202
- **2017-02-28** Retained in Committee
- **2017-08-09** Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 09/12/2017 10:15 AM LOB 202
- **2017-10-12** Executive Session: 10/25/2017 10:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-10-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 01/03/2018 (Vote 23-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/03/2018 HJ 1 P. 46 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Introduced 02/01/2018 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: 03/14/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 11
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to the present time, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/02/2018; SC 19A
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/03/2018;
- **2018-05-03** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 6Y-18N, MF; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Sen. French Moved Ought to Pass; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Sen. French Floor Amendment # 2018-1896s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1896s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1896s and Requests CofC (Rep. Major): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Abrami, Almy, Ohm, Lang 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Sanborn Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Sanborn, French, Feltes; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/15/2018 03:00 PM LOB 202
- **2018-05-14** Conferee Change: Rep. Malloy Replaces Rep. Almy 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-2015c; 05/17/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2015c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2015c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-18** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2018; Chapter 265; Eff. 6/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/911cb778-48bf-4368-8731-b599abb2b781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).