---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to sexual harassment complaints in the general court and authorizing an independent human resources professional."
description: "relative to sexual harassment complaints in the general court and authorizing an independent human resources professional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 235 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af349fb7-15d5-4397-bee7-87192d15ad2c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1083&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "49cb66fc8686776fed0db4d170cfcfd71f44b984b0ebecf0c96f088d7f65613d"
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 235 (2019) — relative to sexual harassment complaints in the general court and authorizing an independent human resources professional.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2191h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2191h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **207–139** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing: 02/20/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 11
- **2019-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0857s, 03/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0857s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0857s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/18/2019 10:15 am LOB 303
- **2019-04-19** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/02/2019 10:15 am LOB 303
- **2019-04-24** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/01/2019 10:15 am LOB 303
- **2019-05-07** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 05/16/2019 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2019-05-07** ==TIME CHANGE== Full Committee Work Session: 05/21/2019 01:30 pm LOB 303
- **2019-05-23** Executive Session: 05/23/2019 12:00 pm LOB 303
- **2019-05-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2191h for 06/05/2019 (Vote 8-4; RC) HC 27 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-2191h: AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 77
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2191h: MA RC 207-139 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 77 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Sen. Carson Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** President Appoints: Senators Carson, Cavanaugh, Rosenwald; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-13** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Wall): MA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45
- **2019-06-13** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Wall, Ley, Wilhelm, Nutting-Wong 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45
- **2019-06-19** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/19/2019, 10:30 am, Room 103, SH
- **2019-06-20** Conference Committee Report # 2019-2601c Filed 06/13/2019; Adopt New Amendment
- **2019-06-27** Conference Committee Report 2601c: Adopted, VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 5
- **2019-06-27** Conference Committee Report # 2019-2601c, Adopted, VV; 06/27/2019; SJ 21
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-08-05** Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2019; Chapter 311; 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/af349fb7-15d5-4397-bee7-87192d15ad2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).