---
type: "Bill"
title: "abolishing the collection of racial and educational data for use in a marital application worksheet and relative to the expectation of privacy."
description: "abolishing the collection of racial and educational data for use in a marital application worksheet and relative to the expectation of privacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1220"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1220 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Ming"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1468ec1-e5d5-4311-a30c-31a822925c9c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2543&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "9da55f34967afb2a0db4098d94b9553baa5246acb1c81df920c8285d6918b4ae"
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 1220 (2024) — abolishing the collection of racial and educational data for use in a marital application worksheet and relative to the expectation of privacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1646s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1646s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1630&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Ben Ming — primary (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Luz Bay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/31/2024 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-02-06** Executive Session: 02/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-02-21** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0415h (NT) 02/15/2024 (Vote 17-2; RC) HC 9 P. 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-03-07** Amendment # 2024-0415h: AA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 76
- **2024-03-07** FLAM # 2024-0793h (NT) (Rep. K. Perez): AA DV 324-33 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 76
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0415h and 2024-0793h: MA DV 293-64 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 76 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing: 03/28/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 12
- **2024-04-11** Hearing: 04/18/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm, on proposed non-germane amendment # 2024-1486s; SC 15
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1646s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Sen. Rosenwald Moved to Remove HB 1220-FN from the Consent Calendar; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2024-1646s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1646s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1646s (Rep. Lynn): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 21
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 229; eff. 01/01/2025 12:01 a.m. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1468ec1-e5d5-4311-a30c-31a822925c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).