---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the appointment of guardians ad litem in parenting cases and relative to alcohol and drug free housing."
description: "relative to the appointment of guardians ad litem in parenting cases and relative to alcohol and drug free housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1775"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1775 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn M. Gargasz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-30"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695ae2f1-063f-43d3-9944-d073cd060215"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2953&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "367289c438a74af91a27cf06b38fff22b54e93ff6ecdafb2a3d00b94ab53e007"
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 1775 (2018) — relative to the appointment of guardians ad litem in parenting cases and relative to alcohol and drug free housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1846s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1846s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1969&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 10:00 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 # 2018-0671h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0671h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0671h: 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, 10:30 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1587s, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2018-1587s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1587s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Sen. D'Allesandro Floor Amendment # 2018-1846s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1846s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1587s and 1846s and Requests CofC (Rep. K. Rice): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. K. Rice, Itse, M. Pearson, P. Long 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Carson Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Carson, Gannon, Lasky; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-11** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/14/2018 09:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-05-15** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-1970c; 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1970c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1970c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 307; I. Sec. 2 eff. 6/30/2019; II. Rem. 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/695ae2f1-063f-43d3-9944-d073cd060215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).