---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to antenuptial agreements."
description: "relative to antenuptial agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 85 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra L. DeSimone"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9ce656-9c89-458d-ae2d-6d7a04b514c9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0165&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ceed3fd2a460a167a8536b02fa09017a5a0e8373b9b8ea88e771eebbb6a300e6"
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 85 (2023) — relative to antenuptial agreements.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Debra L. DeSimone — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J. Layon — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/10/2023 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-20** Executive Session: 01/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/10/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 9 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/02/2023 HJ 4 `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, 01:15 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`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/26/2023; Chapter 4; Eff: 06/25/23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e9ce656-9c89-458d-ae2d-6d7a04b514c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).