---
type: "Bill"
title: "expanding the law against discrimination based on gender identity to other areas of the law prohibiting discrimination."
description: "expanding the law against discrimination based on gender identity to other areas of the law prohibiting discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 608 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c03f3e4-c659-44e4-95c9-af6ab8a0cede"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0663&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e8ce62f6603b3a5b5b2c93eccc0d332f8f2d20db8db4f19c46b61cd0194aac5c"
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 608 (2019) — expanding the law against discrimination based on gender identity to other areas of the law prohibiting discrimination.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2677e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2677e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 01:00 pm LOB 208
- **2019-02-12** Executive Session: 02/26/2019 02:30 pm LOB 208
- **2019-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0218h for 03/07/2019 (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0218h: AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 50
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0218h: MA DV 230-122 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 50 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Hearing: 05/21/2019, Room 100, SH, 10:40 am; SC 23
- **2019-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2333s, 05/30/2019; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2333s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2333s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2333s (Rep. M. Smith): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 10
- **2019-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2677e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2677e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 58
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-29** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 59
- **2019-08-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/16/2019; Chapter 332; I. Sec. 19 & 20 Eff: 01/01/2020 II. Rem. Eff: 10/15/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c03f3e4-c659-44e4-95c9-af6ab8a0cede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).