---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing court-appointed guardians to receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families benefits."
description: "allowing court-appointed guardians to receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 172 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48838400-2051-4c46-bcb9-af7567f47f31"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0854&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "dc3c9924664642800ab8e4739b56f0671cc5641b57dced798ae53344e5ccd87c"
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 172 (2023) — allowing court-appointed guardians to receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2116h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2116h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; 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`
- **2023-02-09** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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 Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/28/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 03/28/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/28/2023 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Finance 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Division Work Session: 05/23/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-05-31** Executive Session: 06/01/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-06-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 06/01/2023 (Vote 25-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-2116h: AF DV 185-188 06/08/2023 HJ 13 P. 41
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0219; 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/48838400-2051-4c46-bcb9-af7567f47f31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).