---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims."
description: "relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 462 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3865e55-48c1-43fe-b1bf-4f20b1c08eb5"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3015&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "b205bcbbd17ff5ca31d6326d2ce5b62f8b6cf3830a28dd7d30695d13ea5f2750"
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 462 (2024) — relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1112s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1112s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2106&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **17–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: 02/06/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 6
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1112s, 03/21/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1112s, 04/05/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Committee Amendment # 2024-1112s, AA, VV; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
- **2024-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1112s, RC 17Y-7N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/05/2024; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2024; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-12** Introduced 04/12/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 103 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/24/2024 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-25** Executive Session: 05/01/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-05-02** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/01/2024 (Vote 11-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2024-05-09** Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 175-187 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 46
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA DV 191-174 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 48 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-09** Reconsider OTP (Rep. M. Smith): MF DV 162-197 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 55
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0160; 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/e3865e55-48c1-43fe-b1bf-4f20b1c08eb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).