---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing limited legal services to be provided by certain paraprofessionals."
description: "allowing limited legal services to be provided by certain paraprofessionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1343 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward M. Gordon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-20"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f396a3-f1fa-4230-8cfe-86ad124e451c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2588&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "453bd2da0c3f2740e558e9b8512afd5c5807053819735946099fa3b8248ad440"
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 1343 (2022) — allowing limited legal services to be provided by certain paraprofessionals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1685s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1685s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Edward M. Gordon — primary (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Kurt F. Wuelper — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-20** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Public Hearing: 01/26/2022 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Hearing: 04/14/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1570s, 04/21/2022; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1570s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2022-1685s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1570s and 2022-1685s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Gordon): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 194; I. Sec.2 eff. 01/01/2025 II. Rem eff. 01/01/2023 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72f396a3-f1fa-4230-8cfe-86ad124e451c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).