---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a needs assessment for juvenile minors who are residents of New Hampshire."
description: "relative to a needs assessment for juvenile minors who are residents of New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 43 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa3646c-915d-46f9-becc-18bff7ef864b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0853&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "90a3332fb4d71a1dfdbf5ad87b506e7caee2310c3c23fb76402d48e15c1275dd"
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 43 (2023) — relative to a needs assessment for juvenile minors who are residents of New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/17/2023, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 6
- **2023-01-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/19/2023; SC 6A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/19/2023; SJ 4 `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 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 03/28/2023 11:00 am 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. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0056; Effective 06/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa3646c-915d-46f9-becc-18bff7ef864b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).