---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law in the family division of the circuit court while under the supervision of a licensed attorney."
description: "establishing a committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law in the family division of the circuit court while under the supervision of a licensed attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 353 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-31"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/555c743f-4c54-47a2-bb8e-ef729e32501c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0728&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "c1dd9a9e3a8bc54b1be7cc9fdaa5c890eab8bdb914e462112000d62da9643369"
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 353 (2019) — establishing a committee to study whether non-attorney legal professionals could be licensed to engage in the limited practice of law in the family division of the circuit court while under the supervision of a licensed attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1621s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1621s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-31** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 46 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2019 11:00 am LOB208
- **2019-01-09** Executive Session: 01/22/2019 01:00 pm LOB 208
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 11 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 17 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 100, SH, 10:20 am; SC 18
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1621s, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1621s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1621s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2019-1621s (Rep. M. Smith): MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2019; Chapter 83; Eff: 06/18/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/555c743f-4c54-47a2-bb8e-ef729e32501c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).