---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the appointment of a temporary agent for a minor child or incapacitated person."
description: "relative to the appointment of a temporary agent for a minor child or incapacitated person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 574 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon E. Chandley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4822d8-9efe-4e99-a9fc-359ecea20962"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3116&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e247784f2f6ff64eb5eec97b444c834dcf693bf6afcec2b3e83e79e81d5c1de2"
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 574 (2024) — relative to the appointment of a temporary agent for a minor child or incapacitated person.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0984s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0984s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2207&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **352–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shannon E. Chandley — primary (person)
- Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — 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, 01:45 pm; SC 5
- **2024-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-0984s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-0984s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0984s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-24** Executive Session: 04/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/30/2024 (Vote 13-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** Removed from Consent (Reps. K. Perez, Kuttab, T. Mannion, Ankarberg, Post, Popovici-Muller, Wherry, Spillane, Ball, Cushman) 05/08/2024 HJ 12 P. 2
- **2024-05-09** FLAM # 2024-1853h (NT) (Rep. Post): AA DV 184-173 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 64
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1853h: MA RC 352-7 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 64 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Carson Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Abbas, Chandley; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 28
- **2024-05-30** Speaker Appoints: Reps. M. Pearson, Ball, Long, Gibbons 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 29
- **2024-06-04** ==CANCELLED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/04/2024, 01:00 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2024-06-03** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/03/2024, 11:00 a.m., Room 100, SH
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change: Rep. Doucette Replaces Rep. Ball 06/06/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2216c Filed 06/06/2024; As Amended by the Senate HJ 15
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2216c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2216c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 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 0309; 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/0c4822d8-9efe-4e99-a9fc-359ecea20962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).