---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to name changes for inmates, parolees, and convicted violent felons."
description: "relative to name changes for inmates, parolees, and convicted violent felons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1003 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katelyn Kuttab"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dafbebc4-26c5-46e5-9ace-b748bddce217"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2002&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "66dd8eb8b2b9e5a9d5acb9fc6c2755d2076ef3423e9ddafe183a16ae0149b3cf"
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 HB 1003 (2024) — relative to name changes for inmates, parolees, and convicted violent felons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1537s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1537s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1089&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katelyn Kuttab — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Jason A. Janvrin — cosponsor (person)
- Leah P. Cushman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa R Mazur — cosponsor (person)
- Lorie Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Riché Colcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Public Hearing: 01/17/2024 11:15 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-17** Executive Session: 01/22/2024 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0205h 01/22/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 4 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment # 2024-0205h: AA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 8
- **2024-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0205h: MA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Hearing: 03/13/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 10
- **2024-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1537s, 05/02/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Special Order to the first bill after lunch, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2024-1537s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1537s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the Early Session, MA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1537s (Rep. Lynn): MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 57
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 176
- **2024-06-04** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/31/2024; Chapter 29; eff: 07/30/2024 HJ 15 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dafbebc4-26c5-46e5-9ace-b748bddce217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).