---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarifying the New Hampshire trust code and establishing a committee to study the effects of past trust code legislation."
description: "clarifying the New Hampshire trust code and establishing a committee to study the effects of past trust code legislation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 98 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3e117e-2d59-4e1c-b7f6-8c2587fbaa07"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0909&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "33af87c86b9d4ea6b9b6805db0acf2efdb1f93b1f25b3ab6196852b1cce898eb"
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 98 (2019) — clarifying the New Hampshire trust code and establishing a committee to study the effects of past trust code legislation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1538h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1538h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **209–142** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing: 03/05/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 12
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2019; 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 Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/16/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302
- **2019-04-10** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-08** Full Committee Work Session: 05/16/2019 09:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-08** Executive Session: 05/21/2019 11:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2059h (NT) for 06/05/2019 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 27 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1538h
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-2059h (NT): AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 23
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-1538h: AF VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 23
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2059h (NT): MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 23 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Cavanaugh 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 230 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-16** I. Section 2 Effective 07/12/2019
- **2019-07-16** II. Sections 1, 3, 4 Effective 09/10/2019
- **2019-07-16** III. 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/ba3e117e-2d59-4e1c-b7f6-8c2587fbaa07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).