---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the drug forfeiture fund."
description: "relative to the drug forfeiture fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1493"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1493 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Sylvia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-03"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3058fc6b-ea65-4c28-b203-0bffe7e68c49"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2503&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "081bb499112be51c4b906d46579fbf3014c6b461f1c4a601444c5345ed52a9c4"
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 1493 (2022) — relative to the drug forfeiture fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0085h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0085h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Sylvia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-03** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/12/2022 11:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2022-01-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0085h (Vote ; 20-0) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Executive Session: 01/12/2022 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0085h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0085h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Hearing: 04/19/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/28/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `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 118; 07/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3058fc6b-ea65-4c28-b203-0bffe7e68c49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).