---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to creating a board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues."
description: "relative to creating a board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 376 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6838287d-a4dd-4e0a-a35b-2a63d648413c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2988&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b97d55301a6135f05d14dfebfed58fb168c47853a114ca6843167b521a68c81e"
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 376 (2022) — relative to creating a board to review police incidents involving citizens affected by mental health issues.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1728h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1728h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **206–107** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Edward M. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing: 02/01/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 4
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1203s, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Special Order to the end of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1203s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Giuda Floor Amendment # 2022-1302s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1203s and 2022-1302s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/08/2022 09:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-12** Executive Session: 04/08/2022 09:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2022-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-21** FLAM # 2022-1614h (Rep. Abbas): AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Lay SB376 on Table (Rep. Osborne): MF DV 155-156 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1614h: MA RC 206-107 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/22/2022 01:00 pm LOB 209
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1728h (Vote 20-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1728h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1728h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-07-13** Signed by the Governor on 07/08/2022; Chapter 0332; Effective 07/08/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6838287d-a4dd-4e0a-a35b-2a63d648413c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).