---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing a committee to study foster care families and the foster care system."
description: "relative to establishing a committee to study foster care families and the foster care system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 566 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon E. Chandley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f82b2ca-918a-4bcb-8cdd-e7ef9d539be7"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3097&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "ff835cef7f515a9eb5983e418cdfb425af4d841a7283ff9534165921c7ccd83b"
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 566 (2024) — relative to establishing a committee to study foster care families and the foster care system.

## 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=2188&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Shannon E. Chandley — primary (person)
- Alicia C Gregg — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila C Seidel — 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`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 02/01/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024, Vote 5-0; 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 Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Public Hearing: 04/02/2024 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-03** Executive Session: 04/02/2024 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/02/2024 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0020; Effective 05/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f82b2ca-918a-4bcb-8cdd-e7ef9d539be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).