---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to delay or denial of records under the right-to-know law."
description: "relative to delay or denial of records under the right-to-know law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 396 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f793ca8-a351-412d-b23e-ff9361c5ff0b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0403&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "4598ebd911a0ab5341a836eddff1c7e80afa2c1be49abc33b8eb453613815015"
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 396 (2019) — relative to delay or denial 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 #2019-1507s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1507s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/23/2019 11:30 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 19-1; 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`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing: 04/02/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2019-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1507s, 04/25/2019; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment # 2019-1507s, AA, VV; 04/25/2019; SJ 14
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1507s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101
- **2019-05-02** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2019-1507s (Rep. M. Smith): MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 107; 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/1f793ca8-a351-412d-b23e-ff9361c5ff0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).