---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a veterans treatment court"
description: "establishing a veterans treatment court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael I Moffett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d15cd9-2dc9-47a6-a876-4e92b4117567"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2265&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d31ae06f70931dbac41a2fdf90dc869e99909a7ccc2f786eedda2e6313e723f4"
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 1589 (2024) — establishing a veterans treatment court

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2347e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2347e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1352&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Michael I Moffett — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/24/2024 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-02-02** Executive Session: 02/01/2024 03:45 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0334h 02/01/2024 (Vote 18-0; RC) HC 6 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment # 2024-0334h: AA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2024-02-15** FLAM # 2024-0671h (Rep. Stapleton): AA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 51
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0334h and 2024-0671h: MA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 53 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Finance 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 53 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Division Work Session: 03/13/2024 11:30 am LOB 212
- **2024-03-14** Division Work Session: 03/20/2024 10:35 am LOB 212
- **2024-03-21** Division Work Session: 03/27/2024 11:30 am LOB 212
- **2024-03-27** Division Work Session: 04/01/2024 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2024-03-27** Executive Session: 04/02/2024 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1396h 04/02/2024 (Vote 25-0; RC) HC 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-1396h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 55
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1396h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 56 `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, 02:00 pm; SC 16
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1870s, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Committee Amendment # 2024-1870s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1870s, 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 with Amendment # 2024-2118s, 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** Committee Amendment # 2024-2118s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2118s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2118s (Reps. Lynn, Weyler): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 21
- **2024-07-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2347e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 57
- **2024-08-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-08-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2347e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/03/2024; Chapter 371; Eff: 07/01/2025 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/e4d15cd9-2dc9-47a6-a876-4e92b4117567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).