---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an exemption from criminal penalties for child sex trafficking victims."
description: "establishing an exemption from criminal penalties for child sex trafficking victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 189 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283faa05-ba27-4225-b1ee-bc487f065c0e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0161&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "c30f0f05b636751ff7bfdb4018658ee9681ed2e3ea3b888a80c4535ddfc5cb67"
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 189 (2019) — establishing an exemption from criminal penalties for child sex trafficking victims.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 40 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-02** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/09/2019 10:30 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-09** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 11:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-10** Executive Session: 01/17/2019 11:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 01/31/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/31/2019 HJ 4 P. 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing: 04/02/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:10 am; SC 16
- **2019-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/23/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2019; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2019; Chapter 151; Eff: 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283faa05-ba27-4225-b1ee-bc487f065c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).