---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of youth recreational programs."
description: "relative to the definition of youth recreational programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 171 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556e922c-cee7-4323-bc3b-f9a628e48b67"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0828&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8727ad5a08d99c407d2cea71cd1b5f4eb48c3e310383d0237cf8379d9c500719"
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 171 (2023) — relative to the definition of youth recreational programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1455h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1455h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine A. Rombeau — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Linda R. Gould — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0280s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0280s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0280s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/04/2023 10:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1455h 04/23/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1455h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 5
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1455h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0167; Effective 07/28/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556e922c-cee7-4323-bc3b-f9a628e48b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).