---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to questioning and detaining suspects."
description: "relative to questioning and detaining suspects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 491 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd1001a4-5e5c-4964-90ad-05886e77dcbd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0520&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "66605017ca2585cbd64ab43eba7f6ff8db48a60ff5cea4589e1e8b3e6ec6adb9"
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 491 (2019) — relative to questioning and detaining suspects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2181s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2181s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/24/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-23** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-29** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 02/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-02-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0295h for 02/27/2019 (Vote 19-1; RC) HC 13 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-02-28** Amendment # 2019-0295h: AA VV 02/28/2019 HJ 7 P. 51
- **2019-02-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0295h: MA VV 02/28/2019 HJ 7 P. 51 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2019, Room 103, SH, 01:00 pm; the committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of session; SC 17A
- **2019-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2181s, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2181s, AF, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 171; Eff: 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd1001a4-5e5c-4964-90ad-05886e77dcbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).