---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal background checks for charitable games of chance license applicants."
description: "relative to criminal background checks for charitable games of chance license applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2b9172-a250-4c40-baee-95b0b5afe217"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0783&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b83dcf3585e95f36edfceeda5d7c793ed41e5d5e63306c1838adeae0dea79c55"
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 119 (2023) — relative to criminal background checks for charitable games of chance license applicants.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coker — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2023-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2023; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Public Hearing: 04/25/2023 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/26/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/18/2023
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2023; Chapter 0069; Effective 01/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2b9172-a250-4c40-baee-95b0b5afe217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).