---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to child welfare."
description: "relative to child welfare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 14 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3669096e-d506-49be-b035-7bb65965e270"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1051&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "718e94bd5b02205ace0d324714dd03ca954dc1b2ae2c4d2d90f96fe73c950b3c"
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 14 (2019) — relative to child welfare.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1685h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1685h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Erin T. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon L. Nordgren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 10
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2019; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/14/2019; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment # 2019-0930s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0930s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 68 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** ==TIME CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/09/2019 01:00 pm LOB 206
- **2019-03-26** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/09/2019 01:00 pm LOB 206
- **2019-04-24** Executive Session: 04/30/2019 01:00 pm LOB 206
- **2019-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1685h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 16-0; RC) HC 23 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1685h: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 13
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1685h: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 13 `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Sen. Sherman Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 06/03/2019; Chapter 0044 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** I. RSA 170-G:4-b, inserted by section 16, shall take effect 07/01/2020
- **2019-06-04** II. RSA 170-G:4-d, inserted by section 16, shall take effect 01/01/2020
- **2019-06-04** III. Section 5 Effective 06/03/2019
- **2019-06-04** IV. Remainder Effective 08/02/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3669096e-d506-49be-b035-7bb65965e270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).