---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prohibiting reunification therapy."
description: "relative to prohibiting reunification therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 306 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frances E. Nutter-Upham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/839a536f-833a-44b9-bfd0-9fe7642422fd"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0470&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "a438b8c7e4e7c71b19db3db9d577547a2b71dea99fb34a72a0ecfdd450a68395"
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 306 (2024) — relative to prohibiting reunification therapy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2306h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2023-2306h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Frances E. Nutter-Upham — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- JD Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Leah P. Cushman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver J. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — 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 Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/07/2023 01:15 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-09** Executive Session: 02/21/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-24** Retained in Committee
- **2023-08-30** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/03/2023 03:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2023-10-12** Executive Session: 10/31/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208 HC 41
- **2023-11-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2306h 10/31/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 49 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2306h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 32
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2306h: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-26** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Hearing: 04/18/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 15
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Special Order to 05/16/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024 SJ 12
- **2024-05-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/16/2024; SJ 13 `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 97; 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/839a536f-833a-44b9-bfd0-9fe7642422fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).