---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing at the state house campus."
description: "requiring interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing at the state house campus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 488 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d859229-a1c5-4790-87bf-cb4d99e4fd5f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0509&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "8a8a30dba5b3df0cf3689775bd7d0f073fedc76e5e4583535a90d1ee2a570a36"
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 488 (2019) — requiring interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing at the state house campus.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1546e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1546e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/13/2019 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-06** Executive Session: 02/20/2019 10:00 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/27/2019 (Vote 7-4; RC) HC 13 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/28/2019 HJ 7 P. 2 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Finance 02/28/2019 HJ 7 P. 2
- **2019-02-28** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 02/28/2019 HJ 7 P. 16
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing: 04/03/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:20 am; SC 15
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2019; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1546e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/18/2019); SJ 14
- **2019-04-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1546e: AA VV 04/11/2019 HJ 13 P. 126
- **2019-05-03** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 42
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2019; Chapter 31; Eff: 07/14/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d859229-a1c5-4790-87bf-cb4d99e4fd5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).