---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports, establishing a pilot program regarding electronic storage of abuse and neglect records, and establishing the excess appropriation allocation account in the department of health and human services."
description: "relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports, establishing a pilot program regarding electronic storage of abuse and neglect records, and establishing the excess appropriation allocation account in the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 63 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dcf5b93-e844-4708-b9ea-280307967ed3"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0828&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "a485cffe4ac24779f60c0f9af11fe7c6b220eb003b3e6a30519d06ee81685065"
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 63 (2018) — relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports, establishing a pilot program regarding electronic storage of abuse and neglect records, and establishing the excess appropriation allocation account in the department of health and human services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1959e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1959e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=808&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment 0260s — **14–9** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing: 02/02/2017, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 8
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2017; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2017; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/16/2017; SC 14
- **2017-03-16** Sen. Giuda Moved to Rerefer, MA, VV; 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-03-24** Without Objection, SB 63 is vacated from Finance and referred to Health and Human Services; 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-12-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2532s, 01/03/2018; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2017-2532s, AA, VV; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-2532s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0260s, 02/01/2018; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment # 2018-0260s, RC 14Y-9N, AA; 02/01/2018; SJ 3
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0260s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 10:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1166h for 04/05/2018 (Vote 11-1; CC) HC 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Amendment # 2018-1166h: AA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1166h: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Referred to Finance 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/11/2018 09:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/18/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1649h (NT) for 04/26/2018 (Vote 26-0; RC) HC 16 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1649h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1649h: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1959e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1959e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-23** Signed by the Governor on 05/23/2018; Chapter 0057 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** I. Section 5 Effective 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** II. Section 8 Effective 07/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** III. Remainder Effective 05/23/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dcf5b93-e844-4708-b9ea-280307967ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).