---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to hours for keno gaming."
description: "relative to hours for keno gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 591 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian D Cole"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f09977a2-95aa-4ec4-b8a1-1cd4702202da"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0772&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "aa8f918b79dd54f8033b5ecea7bccc505d99aa703ab43d9ae22a375c65c14561"
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 591 (2025) — relative to hours for keno gaming.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1628s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1628s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Brian D Cole — primary (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Lorie Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Ouellet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-05** Executive Session: 02/11/2025 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/11/2025 (Vote 16-4; RC) HC 14 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 24 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:50 am; SC 13
- **2025-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1628s, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1628s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-01** Committee Amendment # 2025-1628s, AA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1628s (Rep. Janigian): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 19
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 198; eff. 07/01/2025 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/f09977a2-95aa-4ec4-b8a1-1cd4702202da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).