---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study and evaluate the impact of the discharge of state prisoners."
description: "establishing a commission to study and evaluate the impact of the discharge of state prisoners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 392 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/992487ef-a3b9-446c-8d20-51c922de817e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2980&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "41bc6b0535f807371e1aa279411eb1255cb0702083d2b3684849db69831d87a6"
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 SB 392 (2018) — establishing a commission to study and evaluate the impact of the discharge of state prisoners.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0071s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0071s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1996&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Stuart Gile — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:20 am; SC 48
- **2018-01-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0071s, 01/18/2018; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0071s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0071s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 11:00 AM LOB 204
- **2018-04-04** Executive Session: 03/28/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 12-4; RC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 9 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Finance 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 9
- **2018-04-12** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 26
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** Signed by the Governor on 05/25/2018; Chapter 0115 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-31** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2018
- **2018-05-31** II. Remainder Effective 05/25/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/992487ef-a3b9-446c-8d20-51c922de817e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).