---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to financial exploitation of vulnerable adults."
description: "relative to financial exploitation of vulnerable adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 385 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dd04eb-48a5-4d1b-ae5c-1639b6df26d1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2876&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "02e39e3babcdd7a8e7e1b17d937d0aeeed4945c7b25983bd96742293e72672df"
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 385 (2022) — relative to financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2091e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2091e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Christy D. Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John B. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing: 02/08/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 5
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0653s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0653s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0653s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/07/2022 01:45 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/20/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2091EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2091e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **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
- **2022-07-07** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2022; Chapter 0317; Effective 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88dd04eb-48a5-4d1b-ae5c-1639b6df26d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).