---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors."
description: "relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 491 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Meuse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96910c02-c16b-48fe-aead-59f5ba688ce9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0374&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5a969958d114c5d70eb0fc8c8e38bd02c98e0275432fa44f10290d93d30a30ea"
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 491 (2023) — relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2184e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2184e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David Meuse — primary (person)
- Candace Gibbons — cosponsor (person)
- Cassandra N. Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/07/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0112h 02/07/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 12 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-16** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/07/2023 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0112h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 3
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0112h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Hearing: 04/25/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 18
- **2023-05-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2184e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2184e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 16
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-08-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/28/2023; Chapter 153; eff: 09/26/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Executive Session: 02/07/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96910c02-c16b-48fe-aead-59f5ba688ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).