---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to postponing the closure of the Sununu Youth Services Center."
description: "relative to postponing the closure of the Sununu Youth Services Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jess C. Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33492a5c-abc2-459e-b8df-8b29eed0b83f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0065&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "183df99bd730ed8579263bfc41d34705c29e9f30a8f61090b5277bf6ac5fe926"
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 49 (2023) — relative to postponing the closure of the Sununu Youth Services Center.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1369e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1369e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Special Order — **291–87** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Floor Amendment 1104 — **276–104** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jess C. Edwards — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Peter R. Leishman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/26/2023 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-01** ==RECESSED== Division Work Session: 02/03/2023 11:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** ==CONTINUED== Division Work Session: 02/09/2023 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-28** Full Committee Work Session: 03/06/2023 11:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-10** Executive Session: 03/15/2023 11:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-10** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-0767h: 03/15/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-10** Full Committee Work Session: 03/15/2023 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0892h 03/16/2023 (Vote 23-2; RC) HC 16 P. 30 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-23** Special Order HB49 MF DV 226-153 Lacking Three-Fifths Vote 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 33
- **2023-03-23** Special Order HB49 MA RC 291-87 by necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 87
- **2023-03-23** Amendment # 2023-0892h: AA VV 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2023-03-23** Reconsider 2023-0892h (Rep. Edwards): MA VV 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 6
- **2023-03-23** Amendment # 2023-0892h: AA DV 200-179 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2023-03-23** FLAM # 2023-1104h (Reps. Edwards, M. Pearson, Lynn, Long, Grossman): AA RC 276-104 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 6
- **2023-03-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA VV 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2023-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1369e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/06/2023 HJ 12
- **2023-04-13** Special Order to the beginning of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, MA, VV; 04/13/2022; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1369e, Without Objection, AA; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled, Without Objection, MA; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **2023-04-18** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/13/2023; Chapter 2; Eff: 04/13/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33492a5c-abc2-459e-b8df-8b29eed0b83f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).