---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing certain statutory commissions relating to children."
description: "repealing certain statutory commissions relating to children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1531 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia Cornell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-09"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e4cbd2-b275-403d-90f8-3df5d321fada"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2397&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "6d2edb98518c2eed5ba77a654a32e06e65d5bbe218eeab788e1bd89915226698"
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 1531 (2022) — repealing certain statutory commissions relating to children.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1563s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1563s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Patricia Cornell — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Public Hearing: 01/11/2022 11:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-10** Executive Session: 01/11/2022 11:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0597h (NT) (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0597h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Finance 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0597h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-11** Division III Work Session: 03/14/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-18** ==CONTINUED== Division III Work Session: 03/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Hearing: 04/13/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1563s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1563s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1563s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Rice): 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 266; eff. 06/24/2022 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/c9e4cbd2-b275-403d-90f8-3df5d321fada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).