---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to competency evaluations for certain court proceedings."
description: "relative to competency evaluations for certain court proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 126 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf583e4a-d844-4141-af73-6c1cf009af46"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0939&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "5e552708e8b5d29de03f8688d8ffc4cb004744bb492353d5f0515a2c933d0f48"
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 SB 126 (2019) — relative to competency evaluations for certain court proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0978s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0978s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: 03/12/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:20 am; SC 13
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0978s, 03/21/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2019-0978s, AA, VV; 03/21/2019; SJ 9
- **2019-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0978s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2019; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2019 01:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 01:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 22 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101
- **2019-06-24** Signed by the Governor on 06/21/2019; Chapter 0120; Effective 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/cf583e4a-d844-4141-af73-6c1cf009af46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).