---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the payment of costs for indigent persons involved in mediation services."
description: "relative to the payment of costs for indigent persons involved in mediation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 129 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Abbas"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c343e01-1c6d-4d05-b3ce-d8c1339d3984"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0896&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "1e431263a13917fc72696569e8212a1cd0e31ca9bc1a45e8dc5cbb683e68b42e"
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 129 (2023) — relative to the payment of costs for indigent persons involved in mediation services.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Daryl Abbas — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer M. Rhodes — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `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 Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 05/03/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV HJ 14 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-27** Signed by the Governor on 06/23/2023; Chapter 0107; Effective 08/22/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c343e01-1c6d-4d05-b3ce-d8c1339d3984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).