---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child."
description: "relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 187 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike S Belcher"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8421223c-229a-4e38-82f6-4dc0ceaa9a86"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0231&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "020c7e78fe18d01afb89f47958bd23dd0ac21e1c2bab61388b1c4e11b0e5cfe9"
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 187 (2025) — relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Mike S Belcher — primary (person)
- Len P Turcotte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 10:20 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/11/2025 (Vote 14-0; RC) HC 14 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/11/2025 10:20 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Finance 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 25 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Division I Work Session: 03/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 212
- **2025-03-26** Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2025-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/02/2025 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 19 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-11** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Hearing: 05/08/2025, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 20
- **2025-05-01** The Committee will meet at 2:00 p.m. or 15 minutes following the end of Session, 05/08/2025; SC 20
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `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 125; 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/8421223c-229a-4e38-82f6-4dc0ceaa9a86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).