---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to causes for absolute divorce."
description: "relative to causes for absolute divorce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1303 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra L. DeSimone"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-19"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f888a5b-1a76-41d5-9427-852b4762adb2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2647&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "de3432a661913b6c6226dd91188ed925536dd4214b0d8d57c3e6fbd2ba5a66d2"
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 1303 (2022) — relative to causes for absolute divorce.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Debra L. DeSimone — primary (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-19** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Public Hearing: 01/25/2022 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** Executive Session: 01/25/2022 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Hearing: 04/26/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 17
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 114; 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f888a5b-1a76-41d5-9427-852b4762adb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).