---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to summoning out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases."
description: "relative to summoning out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 298 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha S. Hennessey"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57014f4a-c44d-4ac9-a1c4-0719193d2736"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1105&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "5eef4758b4fd2a334b4bcf8d3b18abe9edf4262a2797faa4d1ff170cd9c370d4"
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 298 (2019) — relative to summoning out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Martha S. Hennessey — primary (person)

## 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, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `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: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 01:00 pm LOB 204
- **2019-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 22 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 31 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Removed from Consent (Rep. Sylvia) 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 3
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor on 06/05/2019; Chapter 0065; 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/57014f4a-c44d-4ac9-a1c4-0719193d2736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).