---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records."
description: "relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 273 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Drago"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7b8e66-4620-417b-97f8-4fc72bd6d3c3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0549&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "95945765711c83a564687b12ae883a9be48adfc09c152c4f5f2a1738a7a61697"
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 273 (2025) — relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2048s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2048s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt CofC Report — **201–165** (pass) · lower
- OTP — **196–162** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Drago — primary (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa A. Litchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Riché Colcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Shane A Sirois — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 03:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/30/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2025 (Vote 9-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA RC 196-162 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 68 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Hearing: 04/24/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 17
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2048s, 05/15/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-2048s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2048s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2048s and Requests CofC (Rep. Osborne): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Lynn, Alexander Jr., Peternel, M. Smith 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Abbas Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Abbas, Sullivan, Long; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2780c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2780c: Adopted, RC 201-165 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 23
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2780c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-06-24** Removed from Consent (Reps. Berch, Scherr, C. Harvey, D. Fox, N. Germana, O'Rorke, Horrigan, Turer, Meuse, Manos) 06/24/2025 HJ 18 P. 17
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 273; 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/2c7b8e66-4620-417b-97f8-4fc72bd6d3c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).