---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility."
description: "relative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 177 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy A Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db2072a-0a5c-4f25-bf17-f27e564faae6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0158&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "b8a18ff62acbe379369f037be58fb27a6a10d59ea774397de3fa18968ed6e0b7"
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 177 (2025) — relative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1744s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1744s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Nancy A Murphy — primary (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Vacated and Referred to Children and Family Law (Rep. W. MacDonald): MA VV (in recess of) 01/09/2025 HJ 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 10:20 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-21** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:20 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Hearing: 04/24/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1744s, 05/08/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1744s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1744s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1744s (Rep. DeSimone): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 168; eff. 09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db2072a-0a5c-4f25-bf17-f27e564faae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).