---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the emancipation of minors."
description: "relative to the emancipation of minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 574"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 574 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a66f20-f152-4e19-b754-0da1dd04ca18"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0565&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "fe138b5d5736b4b6cbc8678d6d391bdd6d31471c0275b2792ec738eac45ee2e9"
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 574 (2019) — relative to the emancipation of minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1032h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1032h&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. 20 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Public Hearing: 03/06/2019 11:00 am LOB 207
- **2019-02-27** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1032h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-1032h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 4
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1032h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing: 04/09/2019, Room 100, SH, 10:35 am; SC 17
- **2019-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/25/2019; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 100
- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 110; 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/11a66f20-f152-4e19-b754-0da1dd04ca18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).