---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the making, preservation, and Internet availability of audio and video recordings of proceedings of committees of the house of representatives."
description: "establishing a committee to study the making, preservation, and Internet availability of audio and video recordings of proceedings of committees of the house of representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 457"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 457 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1377368-fd30-4d2e-8f60-bff0df25ffff"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0067&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "52906c4291c3228c88c95c0571e05aa92c38113d2117313da9dc9fc649a883ff"
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 457 (2019) — establishing a committee to study the making, preservation, and Internet availability of audio and video recordings of proceedings of committees of the house of representatives.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1660s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1660s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 3 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/06/2019 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-06** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/13/2019 12:30 pm LOB 303
- **2019-02-13** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/20/2019 10:00 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0599h (NT) for 02/27/2019 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Amendment # 2019-0599h (NT): AA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 19
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0599h (NT): MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 19 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Finance 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 19
- **2019-03-14** Finance Division I Work Session: 03/22/2019 10:30 am LOB 212
- **2019-03-22** Executive Session: 03/27/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-03-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/04/2019 (Vote 14-8; RC) HC 18 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-04-04** Ought to Pass: MA DV 220-147 04/04/2019 HJ 12 P. 25 `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Introduced 04/11/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Hearing: 04/24/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 19
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1660s, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1660s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1660s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2019-1660s (Rep. Wall): 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
- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2019; Chapter 133; Eff: 06/25/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1377368-fd30-4d2e-8f60-bff0df25ffff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).