--- type: "Bill" title: "criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child." description: "criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child." jurisdiction: "us/states/nh" legislature: "New Hampshire General Court" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 143" citation: "New Hampshire HB 143 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Juliet Harvey-Bolia"] version_count: 1 action_count: 35 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-01-06" last_action: "2025-08-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a6aa18-dc40-4d07-9d88-824c96636c39" source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0332&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025" source_hash: "2a9c39631dfb7e4b1f303713e7b650e83c7b7ee49b6bb9557456a5d368861891" 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 HB 143 (2025) — criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment #2025-2922e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2922e&txtFormat=amend) ## Votes - Floor Amendment — **22–1** (pass) · upper - Floor Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Juliet Harvey-Bolia — primary (person) - Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person) - James L Creighton — cosponsor (person) - James R Thibault — cosponsor (person) - Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person) - Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person) - Paul A Terry — cosponsor (person) - Tim McGough — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee` - **2025-01-15** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 12:00 pm LOB 202-204 - **2025-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204 - **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204 - **2025-02-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0408h 02/21/2025 (Vote 10-5; RC) HC 14 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-26** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate - **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0408h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 25 - **2025-03-06** FLAM # 2025-0774h (Rep. Meuse): AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 26 - **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0408h 2025-0774h: MA DV 368-4 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee` - **2025-05-12** Hearing: 05/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 21 - **2025-05-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 3-2; `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-05** Sen. Abbas Floor Amendment # 2025-2608s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Fenton Floor Amendment # 2025-2581s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Long Floor Amendment # 2025-2583s, RC 22Y-1N, AA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Lang Moved to Reconsider the vote on: #2025-2583s, MA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Long Floor Amendment # 2025-2583s, RC 23Y-0N, AA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2025-2510s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-2608s, #2025-2581S, #2025-2583s, and #2025-2510s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-06-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2608s 2025-2581S 2025-2583s and 2025-2510s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168 - **2025-06-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Roy, Ladd, Lynn, Rhodes 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168 - **2025-06-11** Sen. Gannon Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 - **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Abbas, Fenton; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 - **2025-06-11** Conferee Change; Senator Reardon Replaces Senator Fenton; SJ 16 - **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/18/2025 02:00 pm LOB 202-204 - **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2843c; 06/26/2025 - **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2843c: Adopted, DV 200-166 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 23 - **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2843c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17 - **2025-06-25** Removed from Consent (Reps. Cormen, W. Thomas, Meuse, Manos, McGhee, Raynolds, Caplan, Parshall, Petrigno, Gregg) 06/25/2025 HJ 18 P. 17 - **2025-06-05** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-07-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2922e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage` - **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2922e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 61 - **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled` - **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64 - **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 270; eff.01/01/2026 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a6aa18-dc40-4d07-9d88-824c96636c39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).