---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of physical restraints on persons who are involuntarily committed."
description: "relative to the use of physical restraints on persons who are involuntarily committed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4261ba8-a706-4f24-8bd6-e64ff2b5618f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0878&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "7690bb87866282b6772f24eb5dd83893dd7995ab10fc1af41c3d6a7d915908e0"
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 177 (2019) — relative to the use of physical restraints on persons who are involuntarily committed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1656h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1656h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Hearing: 03/05/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 12
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1172s, 03/27/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee Amendment # 2019-1172s, AA, VV; 03/27/2019; SJ 10
- **2019-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1172s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2019; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 73 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/24/2019 02:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-04-17** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/25/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-30** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1656h for 05/23/2019 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 25 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Amendment # 2019-1656h: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1656h: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 15 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Sherman Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 239; Effective 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/c4261ba8-a706-4f24-8bd6-e64ff2b5618f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).