---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to supported decision making."
description: "relative to supported decision making."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maureen C. Mooney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed2c8e5-84dc-4ddc-a36e-e322cc321085"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0739&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "3851c668b773597b21ae16139e0e401ef3c42e74a2fe0633b404b1428e80f7ae"
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 162 (2023) — relative to supported decision making.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0116h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0116h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Maureen C. Mooney — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-24** Executive Session: 01/30/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0116h 01/30/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment # 2023-0116h: AA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0116h: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 14
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 15; eff: 07/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ed2c8e5-84dc-4ddc-a36e-e322cc321085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).