---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending the hours in which games of chance may be conducted."
description: "extending the hours in which games of chance may be conducted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 318 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold F. French"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f8ac70-9d3e-402a-9e22-706f10eba4ef"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3037&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c2fb91d397746c8dbe61c14b458737b65356fa6de3c860380f0855afc7facdaa"
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 SB 318 (2022) — extending the hours in which games of chance may be conducted.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1627h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1627h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Harold F. French — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Fred G. Doucette — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yakubovich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-20** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Special Order to the Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Special Order to after the Committee on Education, Without Objection, MA; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-06** Full Committee Work Session: 04/12/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-06** Full Committee Work Session: 04/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 14-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1627h RC
- **2022-04-26** Executive Session: 04/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-05-05** Amendment # 1627h: AF DV 050522 [&] HJ 12
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 12 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0165; Effective 06/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f8ac70-9d3e-402a-9e22-706f10eba4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).