---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state."
description: "relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 645"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 645 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Michael Ammon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f2b204c-fa77-46cf-869d-8e3346d220b1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0561&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "a9adee066edf7c03ec25a0f6001fbb85a536de760530f769b9bce9a8084611c2"
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 645 (2024) — relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2330e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2330e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Keith Michael Ammon — primary (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lex Berezhny — 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 Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/08/2023 02:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB210-211
- **2023-03-13** Retained in Committee
- **2023-08-30** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/06/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-09-06** ==RESCHEDULED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/20/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 36
- **2023-10-04** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 40
- **2023-10-17** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 11/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-10-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-11-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 11/15/2023 11:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-11-16** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2327h 11/08/2023 (Vote 17-2; RC) HC 49 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-16** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2327h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 76
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2327h: MA DV 340-33 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 76 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing: 03/26/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 12
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1817s, 05/16/2024, Vote 3-1; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-1817s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1817s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1817s (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2330e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2330e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 47
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/26/2024; Chapter 263; eff. I. RSA301-B:31 eff 7/26/24 II. Rem eff 7/1/25 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f2b204c-fa77-46cf-869d-8e3346d220b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).