---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of artificial intelligence by state agencies."
description: "relative to the use of artificial intelligence by state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1688 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas H Cormen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5640c9d7-15bd-4f37-89dd-7108e1c0ea74"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2510&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "7306792aa7849747b89ba4b2d0edb87c8eadc501e48d55abab29a940e7c29b34"
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 1688 (2024) — relative to the use of artificial intelligence by state agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1254h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1254h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1597&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Thomas H Cormen — primary (person)
- Angela Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Ming — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Muns — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David John Preece — cosponsor (person)
- James Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Santonastaso — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Donnelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 30 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/14/2024 11:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-11** Executive Session: 03/20/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/15/2024 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1254h 03/20/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1254h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 88
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1254h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 89 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Hearing: 05/01/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; 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`
- **2024-06-27** 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 209; 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/5640c9d7-15bd-4f37-89dd-7108e1c0ea74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).