---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to crimes involving child sexual abuse images."
description: "relative to crimes involving child sexual abuse images."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 564"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 564 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Altschiller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af14723-81d0-4ad8-a0b0-bf1150e899ed"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3089&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "d8b00451a724be9cdd1880434ab9cff34e5fa298357fb68cccade2839f3dfac3"
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 564 (2024) — relative to crimes involving child sexual abuse images.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2180&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Debra Altschiller — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing: 01/16/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 3
- **2024-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 04/03/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-26** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/05/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/10/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-05** Executive Session: 04/10/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/10/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 17 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 6 `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
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor on 05/31/2024; Chapter 0043; 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/7af14723-81d0-4ad8-a0b0-bf1150e899ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).