---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the operation of bingo games and the sale of lucky 7 tickets."
description: "relative to the operation of bingo games and the sale of lucky 7 tickets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 19 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5af706a-506f-4b67-85a9-5c22b520119c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0768&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "80a719ecb9d976541b50e912a8c0e7a24621326a106416adae201431405d6259"
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 19 (2023) — relative to the operation of bingo games and the sale of lucky 7 tickets.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1739h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1739h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 6
- **2023-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Ways and Means `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/18/2023 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-19** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/26/2023 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-27** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/03/2023 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-27** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1475h: 05/03/2023 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-05-03** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-05-04** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1606h: 05/09/2023 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1739h (NT) 05/09/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1739h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1739h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 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 Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0139; Effective 06/30/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5af706a-506f-4b67-85a9-5c22b520119c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).