---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the use of racial profiling in law enforcement activities and in sentencing."
description: "prohibiting the use of racial profiling in law enforcement activities and in sentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 596 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Meuse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/156e554f-74ba-4a24-8174-cec8b89d6d86"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0535&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d06501217095c04732d5790c98a484855834f5d6e5caa478e0c1e9a3e99e3a32"
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 596 (2024) — prohibiting the use of racial profiling in law enforcement activities and in sentencing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2338e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2338e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David Meuse — primary (person)
- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — cosponsor (person)
- Joan L. Hamblet — cosponsor (person)
- Laura D. Telerski — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — 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`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 02/01/2023 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-07** Executive Session: 02/17/2023 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-03** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/17/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 15 P. 11
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0596h: AF DV 178-186 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 34
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA RC 186-185 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Reconsider HB596 (Rep. Weber): MF DV 185-187 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 36
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 17
- **2023-05-16** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/18/2023; SC 22A
- **2023-05-18** Rereferred to Committee, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0011s, 01/03/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2024-0011s, AA, VV; 01/03/2024; SJ 1
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0011s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/03/2024; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2024, Vote 6-0; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2024-0571s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0571s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-0571s (Rep. Roy): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 8
- **2024-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2338e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2338e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 48
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 320; 10/01/2024 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/156e554f-74ba-4a24-8174-cec8b89d6d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).