---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities."
description: "relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 178 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy A Murphy"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9939b8-982b-4ccf-a98d-22e56cd5aecf"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0159&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "1a67c94686f664563fadb5bb0f3bcf69839212dbf21e002a34dc712c0ad41ee8"
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 178 (2025) — relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Nancy A Murphy — primary (person)
- Cassandra N Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Loren Selig — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)
- Susan A Elberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/21/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 10 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 01/21/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 4 `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, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/23/2025; Chapter 117; eff. 08/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d9939b8-982b-4ccf-a98d-22e56cd5aecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).