---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to exploitation of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults and establishing a protective order for vulnerable adults."
description: "relative to exploitation of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults and establishing a protective order for vulnerable adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1807"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1807 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Renny Cushing"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b33b2520-307f-4317-8496-1fbcf5357583"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2452&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "216591b42fd3bacd01da54f685adf0091295dec100be4ae419077fbed18443a6"
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 1807 (2018) — relative to exploitation of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults and establishing a protective order for vulnerable adults.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2090e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2090e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1465&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **171–164** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Renny Cushing — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Heath — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Mindi F. Messmer — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Kent Campion — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-14** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/11/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-01-18** Executive Session: 01/11/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 7 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 7
- **2018-02-16** Public Hearing: 02/20/2018 10:00 AM LOB 204
- **2018-02-22** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 22 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 14
- **2018-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/12/2018; SJ 12
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Daniels Floor Amendment # 2018-1740s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1740s, RC 22Y-2N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1740s (Reps. Kotowski, Welch): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2090e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2090e: AA 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 308; 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/b33b2520-307f-4317-8496-1fbcf5357583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).