---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to wage garnishment for child support."
description: "relative to wage garnishment for child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 213 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A Spillane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b886b309-61a2-4b70-a2c0-9241f1a01e9e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0084&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "c644a16b98ae86b12602057e6883980dd3e44864a4ea2a0d63dbc20c64264427"
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 213 (2025) — relative to wage garnishment for child support.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1487s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1487s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James A Spillane — primary (person)
- Cyril Nicholas Aures — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Debra L DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — 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. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 02:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-05** Executive Session: 01/21/2025 02:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 11 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Hearing: 04/03/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1487s, 04/17/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Committee Amendment # 2025-1487s, AA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1487s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1487s (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 3
- **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 110; 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/b886b309-61a2-4b70-a2c0-9241f1a01e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).