--- type: "Bill" title: "relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry." description: "relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry." jurisdiction: "us/states/nh" legislature: "New Hampshire General Court" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 560" citation: "New Hampshire HB 560 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Melissa A. Litchfield"] version_count: 1 action_count: 27 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-01-14" last_action: "2025-07-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15fdfe0c-d32c-4897-b3a0-b23666508030" source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0900&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025" source_hash: "0f75ac154ff4dd5bc4840e1feaedba924fe8a34a8472fde820a27eb330200113" 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 560 (2025) — relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment #2025-2570s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2570s&txtFormat=amend) ## Sponsors - Melissa A. Litchfield — primary (person) - Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person) - Charles E McMahon — cosponsor (person) - Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person) - Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien — cosponsor (person) - Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person) - Kenneth L Weyler — cosponsor (person) - Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person) - Linda Franz — cosponsor (person) - Mary Murphy — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee` - **2025-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208 - **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208 - **2025-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0673h 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0673h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 5 - **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0673h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 5 `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, 10:10 am; SC 17 - **2025-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025, Vote 2-1; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-15** Special Order to 05/22/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2025 SJ 13 - **2025-05-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 2-1; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-22** Special Order to 06/05/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2025 SJ 14 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Abbas Floor Amendment # 2025-2213s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Gannon Floor Amendment # 2025-2630s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Rochefort Floor Amendment # 2025-2661s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Special Order to end of the calendar, Without Objection, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-05** Sen. Perkins Kwoka Floor Amendment # 2025-2570s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-06-06** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-2213s, #2025-2630S, #2025-2661s, and #2025-2570s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-06-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2213s 2025-2630S 2025-2661s and 2025-2570s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168 - **2025-06-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. DeSimone, W. MacDonald, Pauer, Petrigno 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168 - **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, Rochefort, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 - **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207 - **2025-06-13** Conferee Change: Rep. Raymond Replaces Rep. Petrigno 06/13/2025 HJ 17 P. 22 - **2025-06-05** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 - **2025-07-08** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17 - **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15fdfe0c-d32c-4897-b3a0-b23666508030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).