---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to exemptions from prosecution for victims of human trafficking."
description: "relative to exemptions from prosecution for victims of human trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1577 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl A. Abbas"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/935c5a7e-77e3-42a2-9f16-c874259a1a40"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2113&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2e27116eae579e63d94d816c7374a15df8d269e962012b36ce589832c18a17ea"
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 1577 (2022) — relative to exemptions from prosecution for victims of human trafficking.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Daryl A. Abbas — primary (person)
- Jennifer M. Rhodes — cosponsor (person)
- John Bordenet — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/21/2022 09:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-01-28** Executive Session: 01/21/2022 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing: 03/22/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 12
- **2022-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 82; Eff. 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/935c5a7e-77e3-42a2-9f16-c874259a1a40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).