---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law."
description: "relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 321"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 321 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh S. Yokela"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86365bd-0509-4c3a-badd-aec99ee4f1fc"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0423&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "3513bd25b611e8f4c1f40b1d4f5d6747a75759066f4149bf58d0fa8283e2dfe5"
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 321 (2023) — relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1729s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1729s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Josh S. Yokela — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca J. McWilliams — 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 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2023 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 02/01/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/01/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: 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`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1729s, 05/18/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1729s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2023-1729s, AA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1729s (Rep. Lynn): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 189; eff: 10/03/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86365bd-0509-4c3a-badd-aec99ee4f1fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).