---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to pre-trial competency evaluations."
description: "relative to pre-trial competency evaluations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 314 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon E. Chandley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d27816d-9fa3-425e-a466-6382eaa5c7ed"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2926&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "405916097869b04d4101979bb5a8cb27433fd5668547fbe04f57de88a5865813"
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 SB 314 (2024) — relative to pre-trial competency evaluations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0867s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0867s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2017&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Shannon E. Chandley — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 01/30/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 5
- **2024-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0867s, 03/07/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2024-0867s, AA, VV; 03/07/2024; SJ 6
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0867s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Public Hearing: 03/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-02** Executive Session: 04/10/2024 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/10/2024 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 17 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 176
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor on 05/31/2024; Chapter 0035; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d27816d-9fa3-425e-a466-6382eaa5c7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).