---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to judicial administration."
description: "relative to judicial administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1274"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1274 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b524016-a006-46aa-9700-72fd94ac26d8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2063&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "2951b6432f78ffc2296bb1609f4ec2aa30c0e50d5062f85da7e5a6da4a76be9f"
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 1274 (2024) — relative to judicial administration.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1851s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1851s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1150&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/17/2024 02:30 pm 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 # 2024-0224h 01/22/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 4 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment # 2024-0224h: AA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 9
- **2024-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0224h: MA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: 03/20/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1851s, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1851s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-09** Committee Amendment # 2024-1851s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1851s and Requests CofC (Reps. Lynn, Wallace, M. Smith, Goley): MA VV 05/28/2024 HJ 14 P. 178
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Carson, Altschiller; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-04** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/04/2024 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2228c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2228c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2228c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 16
- **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 333; eff. I. Sec 7 eff 1/1/26 II. Rem eff 8/2/24 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/7b524016-a006-46aa-9700-72fd94ac26d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).