---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to property and casualty insurance laws administered by the insurance department."
description: "relative to property and casualty insurance laws administered by the insurance department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1259 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e0d5c5-2450-4cdb-9268-1f518ea5b8d4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2261&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c9dbe012e18e179fbf5b194a875c3aed56ab2da23d3de111d604e5829938b3c6"
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 1259 (2024) — relative to property and casualty insurance laws administered by the insurance department.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2164s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2164s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1348&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0762h 03/13/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-0762h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 11
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0762h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:50 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove HB 1259 from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to the end of the calendar on 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2024-2164s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2164s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2164s and Requests CofC (Reps. Hunt, Burroughs, Ammon, Grassie): MA VV 05/29/2024 HJ 14 P. 179
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Gannon Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Innis, Soucy; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-04** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/04/2024 02:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2242c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2242c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2242c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 25
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 331; eff. 01/01/2025 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e0d5c5-2450-4cdb-9268-1f518ea5b8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).