---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing a chief information security officer for the department of information technology."
description: "relative to establishing a chief information security officer for the department of information technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 519"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 519 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jess C. Edwards"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/508971d6-491f-4206-b60d-888e515b3306"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0488&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "0c41f71c0e0d9b2c46f948105cc8a7175ca58accf25ef27e9d6dbaecfbbc284f"
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 519 (2023) — relative to establishing a chief information security officer for the department of information technology.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Jess C. Edwards — primary (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — 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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/01/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Finance 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Division Work Session: 02/21/2023 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2023-03-16** Executive Session: 03/20/2023 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/21/2023 (Vote 25-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/06/2023 HJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-11** Introduced 03/30/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Hearing: 04/19/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 18
- **2023-04-20** 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`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 135; Eff: 08/29/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Executive Session: 02/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/508971d6-491f-4206-b60d-888e515b3306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).