---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to ethical standards for members of the general court."
description: "relative to ethical standards for members of the general court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1388"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1388 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vanessa L. Sheehan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a0495a-2cec-423d-b299-23aef4bb2ee6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2500&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d59bacb32abbc222c281a648b01519a02c7788200582fa99ddc704e81f47d985"
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 1388 (2024) — relative to ethical standards for members of the general court.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2348e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2348e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1587&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Vanessa L. Sheehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 1 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 10:30 am LOB 203
- **2024-01-31** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/07/2024 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2024-02-07** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-02-14** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0693h 03/06/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment # 2024-0693h: AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 13
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0693h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Hearing: 05/08/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 18
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-2022s, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2024-2022s, AA, VV; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2022s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2022s (Rep. Hill): MA DV 255-92 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 22
- **2024-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2348e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **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
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2348e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 49
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 340; 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/76a0495a-2cec-423d-b299-23aef4bb2ee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).