---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the procedure for placing a security freeze on a consumer credit report."
description: "relative to the procedure for placing a security freeze on a consumer credit report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1700"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1700 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kermit R. Williams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-15"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece5b2f3-e26d-4867-ab3c-3c14456d716f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2410&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "414193d34175f2eb5a88c564a7be4c1bf2a8f10243d9f20da316eaa738b183fd"
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 1700 (2018) — relative to the procedure for placing a security freeze on a consumer credit report.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0441h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0441h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1423&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Kermit R. Williams — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-15** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 20 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/24/2018 10:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2018 09:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:00 AM LOB 305
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0441h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0441h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 16
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0441h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 16 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 16
- **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
- **2018-06-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 198; 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/ece5b2f3-e26d-4867-ab3c-3c14456d716f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).