---
type: "Bill"
title: "providing penalties for the assault or harassment of sports officials."
description: "providing penalties for the assault or harassment of sports officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 327 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fbfc33b-ec1e-4af0-85ba-f08faed248db"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2938&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "414c861b84fd2eef28b73f70f5c02d1914308355decabb305f2e95b015ea42b1"
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 327 (2024) — providing penalties for the assault or harassment of sports officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1449h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1449h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2029&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Heath — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — 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`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing: 01/23/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 4
- **2024-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: 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 10:45 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 with Amendment # 2024-1449h 04/10/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 17 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Amendment # 2024-1449h: AA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 16
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1449h: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **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 the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0278; 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/5fbfc33b-ec1e-4af0-85ba-f08faed248db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).