---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the process for forfeiture of items used in connection with drug offenses."
description: "establishing a committee to study the process for forfeiture of items used in connection with drug offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 593 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan McGuire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9277d2-63f5-4ccb-b52d-d0b66860632e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0368&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d47262818b12247c5ace2f4963e8d974c03c13e6bc2fbaeea75a4f0fb5fc08a1"
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 593 (2024) — establishing a committee to study the process for forfeiture of items used in connection with drug offenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1561s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1561s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Dan McGuire — primary (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 02:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-07** Executive Session: 02/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-16** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/17/2023 01:30 pm LOB202-204
- **2023-02-24** Retained in Committee
- **2023-08-31** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-09-06** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/21/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204 HC 36
- **2023-09-07** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/22/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204 HC 36
- **2023-10-16** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 11/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204 HC 42
- **2023-11-09** Executive Session: 11/15/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204 HC 45A
- **2023-11-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2364h (NT) 11/15/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 49 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2364h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 41
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2364h: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-26** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing: 03/26/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 12
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1561s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1561s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1561s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1561s (Rep. Roy): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 8
- **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 180; eff. 07/12/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf9277d2-63f5-4ccb-b52d-d0b66860632e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).