---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting female genital mutilation."
description: "prohibiting female genital mutilation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1739"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1739 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria L. Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-17"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2bf6d8-1e6d-475b-b197-83e7a5a6efd7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2608&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "faf4b479be22e8d877f715c7c5359c0726ddef1ab40f30294756be9e6c287e1b"
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 1739 (2018) — prohibiting female genital mutilation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1790e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1790e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1621&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Victoria L. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Dave Testerman — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Fraser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-17** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 01:20 PM LOB 204
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 5 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 13
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1278s, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Committee Amendment # 2018-1278s, AA, VV; 04/12/2018; SJ 12
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1278s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1278s (Rep. Welch): MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 1
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1790e: AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1790e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-11** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-07-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 354; Eff. 01/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2bf6d8-1e6d-475b-b197-83e7a5a6efd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).