---
type: "Bill"
title: "making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs."
description: "making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 406 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d23f3562-655c-43ba-b6bc-07d191cc0aa6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3003&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "8d61e8d1c43a1d063e58307d64345c6aaacc8391c289fe43b821d76a1a46be9d"
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 406 (2024) — making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1866h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1866h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2094&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David Paige — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1268s, 04/05/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Committee Amendment # 2024-1268s, AA, VV; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
- **2024-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1268s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/05/2024; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1465s, 04/11/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Committee Amendment # 2024-1465s, AA, VV; 04/11/2024; SJ 9
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1465s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2024; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-12** Introduced 04/12/2024 and referred to Finance HJ 11 P. 103 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-17** Division III Work Session: 04/23/2024 02:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-17** Division III Work Session: 04/29/2024 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/14/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1866h 05/15/2024 (Vote 23-2; RC) HC 20 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1866h: AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 74
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1866h: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 74 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell 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 0290; Effective 06/30/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d23f3562-655c-43ba-b6bc-07d191cc0aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).