---
type: "Bill"
title: "raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age."
description: "raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 359 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Altschiller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e9b9a4-5f51-4e64-8de7-0287d07fdc4d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2834&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "8068327553843ef20f3d6df2fff11aac8dd9c364c1960ae3134268fb85dcaee7"
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 359 (2024) — raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0863s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0863s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1925&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Debra Altschiller — primary (person)
- Candice M O'Neil — cosponsor (person)
- Cassandra N. Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Gaby M. Grossman — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 02/01/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0863s, 03/07/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2024-0863s, AA, VV; 03/07/2024; SJ 6
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0863s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2024 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Public Hearing: 04/02/2024 11:10 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-03** Executive Session: 04/02/2024 11:10 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/02/2024 (Vote 14-1; CC) HC 17 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Removed from Consent (Reps. Yokela, Hoell, Santonastaso, T. Lekas, T. Mannion, A. Lekas, Gerhard, Cordelli, Drye, Peternel) 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 5
- **2024-04-11** Special Order Without Objection HJ 11
- **2024-05-02** FLAM # 2024-1455h (Rep. Yokela): AF DV 169-195 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 23
- **2024-05-02** FLAM # 2024-1700h (Rep. Yokela): AF DV 180-185 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 24
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA DV 192-174 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 24 `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
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0081; 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/18e9b9a4-5f51-4e64-8de7-0287d07fdc4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).