---
type: "Bill"
title: "creating local options for games of chance."
description: "creating local options for games of chance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1223"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1223 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Roy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee59f8c8-934b-42bc-8e7b-430b8e537437"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2620&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "ab018a5d286476a27b565922719295d69f072150afbe15c406cac7fecfd1a2c9"
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 1223 (2024) — creating local options for games of chance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2007s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2007s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1707&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Terry Roy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/17/2024 02:15 pm LOB 301-303
- **2024-02-21** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-0805h: 03/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2024-03-06** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2024 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-11** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-20** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1218h (NT) 03/20/2024 (Vote 15-5; RC) HC 12 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-03-28** Lay HB1223 on Table (Rep. Yokela): MF DV 166-196 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 186 `deferral`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1218h (NT): AA DV 282-86 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 186
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1218h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 186 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** ===ROOM CHANGE=== Hearing: 04/24/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2024-2007s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2007s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2007s and Requests CofC (Reps. L. Turcotte, Rochefort, Gilman, Howland): MA VV 05/29/2024 HJ 14 P. 179
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Lang Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Lang, Innis, D'Allesandro; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-05** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/05/2024 10:30 am LOB 305
- **2024-06-04** Conferee Change: Rep. Sweeney Replaces Rep. Rochefort 06/04/2024 HJ 15 P. 35
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 17 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-07** Conference Committee Report; not signed Off; HJ 15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee59f8c8-934b-42bc-8e7b-430b8e537437`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).