---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending foster care beyond age 18."
description: "extending foster care beyond age 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 550"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 550 (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/5e1fb348-a736-4988-b883-844acfb24ea4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0421&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "598eed555ccc2158fee96a09fe09a01d677d0a6c757b6c370438712054fcec94"
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 550 (2019) — extending foster care beyond age 18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0301h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0301h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 10:45 am LOB 206
- **2019-01-30** ==ROOM CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/05/2019 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0301h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 11 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0301h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0301h: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: 03/19/2019, Room 101, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 14
- **2019-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2019; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/23/2019; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2019; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Special Order to to the present time, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 175; 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/5e1fb348-a736-4988-b883-844acfb24ea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).