---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to equal access to marriage."
description: "relative to equal access to marriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Ming"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7605dab3-9cb6-430f-a8e9-22be0365c413"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0438&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "076ed033e6bf1e7be75ced04c789d13d8c5599c17856fbf8ad4b439a4229b668"
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 240 (2023) — relative to equal access to marriage.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Ben Ming — primary (person)
- Allison R. Nutting-Wong — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Luz Bay — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew B. Wilhelm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-24** Executive Session: 01/30/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 01/30/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 12 P. 22
- **2023-02-23** Ought to Pass: MA DV 218-132 02/23/2023 HJ 7 P. 11 `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, 02:15 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 23; 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/7605dab3-9cb6-430f-a8e9-22be0365c413`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).