---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters."
description: "relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 57 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David James Meuse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bcd9644-f0ea-4a20-930a-544c5d877b0c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0021&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "2c126a14ee5d8488995cc245189aff7153ba02d9ed5088428227f7cf44c199b4"
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 57 (2025) — relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2308s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2308s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David James Meuse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 03:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-15** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/29/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 11 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Hearing: 05/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 21
- **2025-05-14** Hearing: 05/20/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm, on proposed amendment # 2025-2183s; SC 22
- **2025-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2308s, 05/22/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2025-2308s, RC 16Y-8N, AA; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2308s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2308s (Rep. Roy): MA DV 192-153 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2025-06-12** Lay HB57 on Table (Rep. Scherr): MF DV 153-190 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 6 `deferral`
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 160; eff. 01/11/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bcd9644-f0ea-4a20-930a-544c5d877b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).