---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to parenting plans and relocation of a child's residence."
description: "relative to parenting plans and relocation of a child's residence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1774"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1774 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn M. Gargasz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-30"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6648ece-f021-4064-ba05-05a084831e97"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2952&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "1c19917cb6cbbca69f5f7848be41a57b350b7f79afff381e0418e6e770d36caa"
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 1774 (2018) — relative to parenting plans and relocation of a child's residence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0638h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0638h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1968&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Carolyn M. Gargasz — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-30** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/13/2018 11:00 AM 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 # 2018-0638h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0638h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0638h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/29/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-24** 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
- **2018-06-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 202; 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/b6648ece-f021-4064-ba05-05a084831e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).