---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Summer EBT program and making appropriations therefor and relative to providing disaster relief funding to municipalities after a natural disaster."
description: "relative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Summer EBT program and making appropriations therefor and relative to providing disaster relief funding to municipalities after a natural disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 499 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b6041a-4080-450f-aed4-765296d621de"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2907&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "54b5b3140a0e56580b20b7a9143e1df134c2d100d72cab2aaaee868c8a1608d0"
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 499 (2024) — relative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Summer EBT program and making appropriations therefor and relative to providing disaster relief funding to municipalities after a natural disaster.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1917h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1917h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1998&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **192–178** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Angela Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-15** Hearing: 01/03/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 49
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0563s, 02/15/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0563s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0563s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1230s, 03/21/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 11A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1230s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1230s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-03** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Education HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Vacated and Referred to Finance (): MA VV (in recess of) 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 227 `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 02:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-17** Division III Work Session: 04/29/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-24** ==CANCELLED== Division II Work Session: 04/29/2024 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/14/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-13** Division III Work Session: 05/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-16** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1957h (NT) 05/16/2024 (Vote 13-12; RC) HC 20 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1917h (NT) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1957h: AF DV 182-185 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 100
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1917h (NT): AA RC 192-178 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 100
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2125h (NT) (Rep. Aron): AA DV 189-181 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 103
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1917h and 2024-2125h: MA DV 235-136 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 104 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Birdsell, Bradley, Whitley; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 29
- **2024-05-30** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Erf, Edwards, Wallner, Telerski 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 29
- **2024-06-03** ==RECESSED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/03/2024, 01:30 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2024-06-04** ==RECESSED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/04/2024, 12:00 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2024-06-05** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/05/2024, 02:30 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2271c Filed 06/06/2024; House Amendment + New Amendment HJ 15
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2271c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2271c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-12** Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2024; Chapter 358 `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-12** I. Sections 1-2 Effective 07/01/2024
- **2024-08-12** II. Sections 3-6 Effective 08/02/2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86b6041a-4080-450f-aed4-765296d621de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).