---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to rental application fees charged to prospective tenants."
description: "relative to rental application fees charged to prospective tenants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 283 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen D. Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/495c672d-0a5b-436f-82fc-b558034b26fd"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0287&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "4d1588f32967a58ba48697f1e8195d4924a9b322841963e63fb1d95de0139b60"
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 283 (2024) — relative to rental application fees charged to prospective tenants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2441h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2023-2441h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Ellen D. Read — primary (person)
- Carry Spier — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Seibert — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel T. Veilleux — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi K Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Staub — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dutzy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/09/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-15** Retained in Committee
- **2023-05-17** Full Committee Work Session: 06/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-09-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 09/26/2023 10:00 am LOB 201-203 HC 36
- **2023-09-22** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 11/15/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208 HC 39
- **2023-09-22** Full Committee Work Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208 HC 39
- **2023-09-26** Executive Session: 11/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208 HC 39
- **2023-11-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2441h (NT) 11/08/2023 (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 49 P. 40 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-04** Amendment # 2023-2441h: AA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 17
- **2024-01-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2441h: MA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Hearing: 04/02/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-25** 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 46; 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/495c672d-0a5b-436f-82fc-b558034b26fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).