---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to liability for children with disabilities in certain court ordered placements or episodes of treatment."
description: "relative to liability for children with disabilities in certain court ordered placements or episodes of treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1511 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb L. Hobson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7230de02-cd7c-4a41-998e-1ca528b2974d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2400&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "6ba2b8e75c509db092e19f1f2fd8feb0c257353c46e6887c8b1767f005099828"
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 1511 (2024) — relative to liability for children with disabilities in certain court ordered placements or episodes of treatment.

## 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=1487&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Deb L. Hobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/16/2024 10:30 am 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 02/06/2024 (Vote 13-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-06** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 17
- **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; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 138; eff. 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7230de02-cd7c-4a41-998e-1ca528b2974d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).