---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the duration of child support."
description: "relative to the duration of child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1282"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1282 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lorie Ball"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c02a2d-7a50-488d-83d6-114bab03e96e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2044&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "39e288f264d922267208e234df6400f0068e56c68fc65d79ecf10aacaa36f283"
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 1282 (2024) — relative to the duration of child support.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1186h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1186h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1131&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Lorie Ball — primary (person)
- David A. Bickford — cosponsor (person)
- Debra L. DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi L Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra L Panek — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila C Seidel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 02:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-24** Executive Session: 02/06/2024 10:35 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0453h 02/06/2024 (Vote 13-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0453h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 25
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0453h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Finance 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 26 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Division Work Session: 03/06/2024 03:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-07** Division Work Session: 03/11/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-12** Division Work Session: 03/18/2024 12:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-12** Division Work Session: 03/22/2024 12:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-21** Executive Session: 03/26/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1186h 03/28/2024 (Vote 23-0; RC) HC 14 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-1186h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 34
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1186h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-16** Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 192; eff. 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c02a2d-7a50-488d-83d6-114bab03e96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).