---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to name availability for business organizations and relative to reinstatement of a limited liability company."
description: "relative to name availability for business organizations and relative to reinstatement of a limited liability company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 413 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27565645-3435-49cb-b2a6-6b8f8497129e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2711&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "4ad6f4d323cba3758dd00d42e0d3b3e068d9f82b5cc5a8412ca25ee4708223ff"
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 413 (2018) — relative to name availability for business organizations and relative to reinstatement of a limited liability company.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1093s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1093s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1727&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John B. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- John T. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/30/2018, Room 102, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 4
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1093s, 03/21/2018; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2018-1093s, AA, VV; 03/21/2018; SJ 9
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1093s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2018; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 10 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/10/2018 10:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-04-11** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0221 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** I. Section 12 Effective 08/07/2018
- **2018-06-14** II. Remainder shall take effect 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27565645-3435-49cb-b2a6-6b8f8497129e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).