---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the pretermitted heir statute."
description: "relative to the pretermitted heir statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1448"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1448 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebb5c018-2508-4718-8ff2-f80167cc3d4b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2023&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "66345a5a6e473e20948c743cb01492b2fc6f73a0b493a617be535db64490a903"
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 1448 (2022) — relative to the pretermitted heir statute.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1583s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1583s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 02:15 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-03-04** Executive Session: 01/13/2022 02:15 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0394h (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0394h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0394h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Hearing: 04/14/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:45 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** Sen. Carson Moved to Remove HB 1448 from the Consent Calendar; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2022-1583s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1583s, 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
- **2022-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 261; eff. 01/01/23 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/ebb5c018-2508-4718-8ff2-f80167cc3d4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).