---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to charitable gaming license applications, wages, stakes, and bonds."
description: "relative to charitable gaming license applications, wages, stakes, and bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 120 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85984af1-3d28-4a7b-b0f3-560f7c57322b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0786&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "28cbcd48dd006390e7b37298b8217e0f4a35e13d42ae916cf48cc00bb81241af"
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 120 (2023) — relative to charitable gaming license applications, wages, stakes, and bonds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2190e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2190e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — 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, 09:15 am; SC 7
- **2023-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0145s, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0145s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0145s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/09/2023; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Special Order to 03/23/2023, Without Objection, MA; 03/09/2023 SJ 9
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/23/2023; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-23** Special Order to 03/30/2023, Without Objection, MA; 03/23/2023 SJ 11
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-04-07** Introduced (in recess of) 04/06/2023 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Public Hearing: 04/25/2023 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-19** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/26/2023 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-27** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/03/2023 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-05-04** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-05-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1577h 05/09/2023 (Vote 11-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1577h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 14
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1577h: MA DV 202-182 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Lang Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2190e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2190e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-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
- **2023-06-27** Signed by the Governor on 06/26/2023; Chapter 0109; Effective 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85984af1-3d28-4a7b-b0f3-560f7c57322b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).