---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to compensation paid to a crime victim."
description: "relative to compensation paid to a crime victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1235 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-18"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69322035-7662-45ee-b41c-3f2246d7842b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2497&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "beb88df64c419f0fd225dc021c3da707edf7d50ceb542468b633a41059d86178"
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 1235 (2022) — relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1170h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1170h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David Meuse — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/12/2022 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-01-27** Executive Session: 02/03/2022 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0396h (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0396h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Finance 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0396h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-02-24** Division Work Session: 03/09/2022 11:00 am LOB 212
- **2022-03-09** Division Work Session: 03/01/2022 11:00 am LOB 212
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1170h (Vote 21-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Amendment # 2022-1170h: AA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1170h: MA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 68; Eff. 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69322035-7662-45ee-b41c-3f2246d7842b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).