---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a consumer services program within the insurance department."
description: "establishing a consumer services program within the insurance department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 429 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold F. French"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d1bf1c-9ea7-4cf2-9b71-17b7c5088f04"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2898&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "df7855a99a773722b9ea6d214c8fb87a587a972c4c7024d9b39f6f81de187c98"
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 429 (2018) — establishing a consumer services program within the insurance department.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1819e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1819e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1914&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Harold F. French — primary (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`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 2
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0279s, 02/01/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment # 2018-0279s, AA, VV; 02/01/2018; SJ 3
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0279s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-28** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/04/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-04** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 15 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 4 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1819e: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1819e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0134; Effective 05/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4d1bf1c-9ea7-4cf2-9b71-17b7c5088f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).