---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to annulment of arrests or convictions for possession of a certain quantity of marijuana."
description: "relative to annulment of arrests or convictions for possession of a certain quantity of marijuana."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 399 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a111b2-1482-4a86-a36d-5053a4ee13af"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0433&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "cae018d6ae79dc612c563a8a60747cc3c5763d3d2448f330ec9e243cfbf3c5de"
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 399 (2019) — relative to annulment of arrests or convictions for possession of a certain quantity of marijuana.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1948s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1948s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 02:30 pm LOB 204
- **2019-01-09** Executive Session: 01/17/2019 11:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 01/31/2019 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 9 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/31/2019 HJ 4 P. 12 `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, 10:30 am; SC 16
- **2019-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1948s, 05/23/2019; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1948s, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-1948s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1948s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1948s (Rep. Cushing): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 2
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 211; 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/b2a111b2-1482-4a86-a36d-5053a4ee13af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).