---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy."
description: "establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 97 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer M. Rhodes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fed0e77-b9b2-49a1-8f19-90750d455338"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0150&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "6b652c881510732eeeffc313bec4a061a5c71eb07e6750d0b4702bbe7c8fdbbf"
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 97 (2023) — establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1560s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1560s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jennifer M. Rhodes — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-01-18** Executive Session: 01/27/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2023 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 12 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 64 `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, 01:15 pm; SC 15
- **2023-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1560s, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1560s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1560s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/01/2023; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/01/2023; SJ 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1560s (Rep. Roy): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 2
- **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 179; eff: 01/01/2024 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/2fed0e77-b9b2-49a1-8f19-90750d455338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).