---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to victims compensation fund eligibility."
description: "relative to victims compensation fund eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 576"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 576 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda A. Massimilla"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42d4f554-acec-4095-ba2c-a7312776bda0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0707&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "3105c6e7fd27150e1d0d8ab35fc2e7c408f301d9ac1f36702165a9121dbfb87e"
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 576 (2022) — relative to victims compensation fund eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=713&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Linda A. Massimilla — primary (person)
- Anita D. Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Laura C. Pantelakos — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy J. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy T. Egan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 54 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Public Hearing: 03/03/2021 02:30 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/96477061090 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-09** Retained in Committee
- **2021-09-28** Full Committee Work Session: 10/05/2021 11:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2021-11-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass HB576 10/05/2021 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 48 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-10** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Hearing: 03/08/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 9
- **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 50; Eff. 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42d4f554-acec-4095-ba2c-a7312776bda0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).