---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the director of charitable trusts."
description: "relative to the director of charitable trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 59 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c88ea9-b561-4b9b-a38f-201edc783909"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0960&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ba75d52b5e87894f5ad72cbd6949c14695a44507a3cc23721ae0a160926006b0"
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 59 (2023) — relative to the director of charitable trusts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2241e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2241e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/17/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:30 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 Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 05/03/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1404h 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1404h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 6
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1404h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-07-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2241e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-07-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2241e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-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 0205; 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/95c88ea9-b561-4b9b-a38f-201edc783909`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).