---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support."
description: "relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1340"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1340 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Bickford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a575b361-1200-4745-bb38-1694bff1463c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2132&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "02d7ef056f14b9320a1c68c7f1112336c37401b3ccf50af5fde79369a9112fbc"
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 1340 (2024) — relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1219&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David A. Bickford — primary (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. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-31** Executive Session: 01/30/2024 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-26** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/09/2024, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 14
- **2024-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 73; eff. 1/1/2025 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/a575b361-1200-4745-bb38-1694bff1463c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).