---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center, making appropriations thereof, and establishing a commission to study community impacts of the secured youth development center."
description: "relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center, making appropriations thereof, and establishing a commission to study community impacts of the secured youth development center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66edb112-a3ac-48f0-886d-3a7998f5f998"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0931&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "1af6901937aac2a21152c7c6b1d24db2bceb9019cfd97c9feea872fe4153c682"
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 SB 1 (2023) — relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center, making appropriations thereof, and establishing a commission to study community impacts of the secured youth development center.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0465h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0465h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **22–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Introduced 01/04/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Hearing: 01/12/2023, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 5
- **2023-01-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0055s, 01/19/2023; SC 6A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Amendment # 2023-0055s, AA, VV; 01/19/2023; SJ 4
- **2023-01-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0055s, RC 22Y-2N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/19/2023; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0124s, 01/26/2023; SC 7A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee Amendment # 2023-0124s, AA, VV; 01/26/2023; SJ 5
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0124s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-27** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-01-27** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/08/2023 10:45 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** Executive Session: 02/09/2023 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** Division Work Session: 02/09/2023 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0465h (NT) 02/09/2023 (Vote 23-0; RC) HC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment # 2023-0465h: AA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0465h: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Rules Suspension to allow for immediate third reading MA obtaining necessary 2/3 MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 14
- **2023-02-14** Adopted and read a 3rd time MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 14
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled 02/14/2023 HJ 5
- **2023-02-14** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 02/14/2023; SJ 7
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/14/2023); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Governor on 02/14/2023; Chapter 0001 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-16** I. Section 1 Effective 02/28/2023
- **2023-02-16** II. Section 6 Effective 11/01/2024
- **2023-02-16** III. Remainder Effective 02/14/2023
- **2023-04-19** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Finance HJ 3 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66edb112-a3ac-48f0-886d-3a7998f5f998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).