---
type: "Bill"
title: "defining and regulating service entities."
description: "defining and regulating service entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 648 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b191d1-2691-4d28-bbc9-449c96bef73d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0778&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e9417f3596744065ccfc7bae006edf203d79c779da27bc84808d206c8a6b3c00"
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 648 (2019) — defining and regulating service entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1758e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1758e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/12/2019 10:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2019 10:30 am LOB 304
- **2019-02-13** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/26/2019 02:30 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-28** Executive Session: 03/08/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0669h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 16 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0669h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 12
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0669h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 18
- **2019-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/25/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1758e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1758e: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 42
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 115; I. Sec. 5 Eff: 01/01/2020 II. Rem. Eff: 08/20/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42b191d1-2691-4d28-bbc9-449c96bef73d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).