---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to false public alarms."
description: "relative to false public alarms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Altschiller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678d5d0f-a9e2-4d59-8bc6-2c0350e0379c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0899&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "d762eff4235d1bd14887a91674eacece77502f55d68b9ddf5607df10df7128c2"
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 244 (2023) — relative to false public alarms.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0581s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0581s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Debra Altschiller — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Paige — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0581s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0581s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0581s, 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-21** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/30/2023 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/05/2023 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-11** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/19/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/19/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 4 `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
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0104; 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/678d5d0f-a9e2-4d59-8bc6-2c0350e0379c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).