---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to grandparents' access to preventive and protective child care services."
description: "relative to grandparents' access to preventive and protective child care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 261 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha S. Hennessey"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9860271c-0bae-44dd-9199-bd4354bbf449"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1108&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "d0748a6ca7fb8ad0ac6b52d555cdedd9e43b9c7745b56f3fda9aa5f5eb70cb5f"
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 261 (2019) — relative to grandparents' access to preventive and protective child care services.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Martha S. Hennessey — primary (person)
- Erin T. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Kent Campion — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Skip Berrien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing: 02/19/2019, Room 101, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 11
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2019; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Public Hearing: 04/30/2019 11:30 am LOB 206
- **2019-04-30** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 206
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/23/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 25 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-03** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2019; Chapter 0158; Effective 08/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9860271c-0bae-44dd-9199-bd4354bbf449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).