---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending the deadline for arraignments."
description: "extending the deadline for arraignments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 297 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1669245-dcc9-43af-ba6c-8490c5879c01"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0965&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "004e710867c0fe4995cfe83e330ea85ccd83ab5d6300ef781a6999a06afb2789"
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 297 (2019) — extending the deadline for arraignments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0612s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0612s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 9
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0612s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0612s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0612s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2019 02:30 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-10** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/18/2019 01:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-18** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/24/2019 01:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/08/2019 (Vote 15-5; RC) HC 23 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 67 `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-27** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2019; Chapter 0142; 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/d1669245-dcc9-43af-ba6c-8490c5879c01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).