---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study human trafficking within illicit massage businesses and relative to prostitution and related offenses."
description: "establishing a commission to study human trafficking within illicit massage businesses and relative to prostitution and related offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 405 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erica J Layon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54470371-26c9-46ae-ba05-2ae9d66ab895"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0806&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "9e2ae9ae03e9484c30912d4d05dfb5dd5184357069f499bc9dca497136f30a33"
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 405 (2025) — establishing a commission to study human trafficking within illicit massage businesses and relative to prostitution and related offenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0811h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0811h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Erica J Layon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 12:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0811h (NT) 03/07/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0811h (NT): AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 7
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0811h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Hearing: 04/17/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 17
- **2025-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 63; I. Sec 7 eff 11/01/2026 II. Rem eff. 06/02/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54470371-26c9-46ae-ba05-2ae9d66ab895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).