---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study expanding mental health courts statewide."
description: "establishing a commission to study expanding mental health courts statewide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 51 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f4af990-7040-4ab6-a926-421840dc4364"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1091&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "29ee0a6378a370341c69dc5a20675e53eae31a94d02fb198cd11c37c1ce48994"
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 51 (2019) — establishing a commission to study expanding mental health courts statewide.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1504h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1504h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jon Morgan — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing: 01/22/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:35 am; SC 7
- **2019-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/14/2019; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2019 10:30 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-10** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1504h for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 22 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1504h: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 5
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1504h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 5 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Hennessey 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 224 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-16** I. Section 3 Effective 11/01/2020
- **2019-07-16** II. Remainder Effective 07/12/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f4af990-7040-4ab6-a926-421840dc4364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).