---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal records checks in the employee application process."
description: "relative to criminal records checks in the employee application process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 253 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2020-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c604899-a1bb-41f7-b452-01681d48d63f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0332&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "9603e6e49c149dff80dde3775fbbd0a4d160d2f614cafa4b7c395343e7730ec8"
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 HB 253 (2020) — relative to criminal records checks in the employee application process.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2020-0323s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2020-0323s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=320&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 306
- **2019-01-29** Executive Session: 02/06/2019 10:00 am LOB 307
- **2019-02-06** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0246h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 11 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0246h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 64
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0246h: MA RC 213-142 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 64 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; the committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of session; SC 17A
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 04/18/2019; SC 18
- **2019-04-18** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 04/18/2019; SJ 13
- **2019-11-20** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/08/2020; SC 47
- **2020-01-08** Sen. French Moved to Special Order to 01/30/2020, Without Objection, MA; 01/08/2020; SJ 1
- **2020-01-15** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/30/2020; SC 4
- **2020-01-30** Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 01/30/2020; SJ 2
- **2020-01-30** Sen. French Moved Ought to Pass; 01/30/2020; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Sen. French Floor Amendment # 2020-0323s, AA, VV; 01/30/2020; SJ 2
- **2020-01-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-0323s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2020; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Sullivan): MA DV 192-137 06/11/2020 HJ 9 P. 36
- **2020-07-06** Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-06** Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 70
- **2020-07-28** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/24/2020; Chapter 31; Eff: 09/22/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c604899-a1bb-41f7-b452-01681d48d63f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).