---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to free inspection of records under the right-to-know law."
description: "relative to free inspection of records under the right-to-know law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 286 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bf6c24b-f249-4f0e-8612-ce0bb66df677"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0665&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "248605daaddeb35fae8f9787a71870aebbe1af41367f32175fb038bfd6059d01"
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 286 (2019) — relative to free inspection of records under the right-to-know law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2116e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2116e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/23/2019 11:00 am LOB 208
- **2019-02-12** Executive Session: 03/05/2019 11:00 am LOB 208
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/14/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/14/2019 HJ 9 P. 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Introduced 03/21/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 18
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1626s, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1626s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1626s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2019-1626s (Rep. M. Smith): MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2116e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2116e: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 163; I. Sec. 1 & 2 Eff: as provided in Sec. 3 II. Rem. 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/9bf6c24b-f249-4f0e-8612-ce0bb66df677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).