---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the homestead right."
description: "relative to the homestead right."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 617 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa A. Litchfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc468b7c-101b-4254-9ebe-831b4bdd47b0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0603&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "06a7efc9170853f2df14de976d192c5300fc87a4060f5809a38bb5c73cefbabe"
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 617 (2025) — relative to the homestead right.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1727s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1727s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **216–146** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melissa A. Litchfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 201
- **2025-02-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0437h 02/18/2025 (Vote 11-7; RC) HC 14 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0437h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 73
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0437h: MA RC 216-146 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 73 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/16/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1727s, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1727s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-01** Committee Amendment # 2025-1727s, AA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1727s and Requests CofC (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Pauer, J. MacDonald, Litchfield, Girard 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Lang Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Lang, Rochefort, Fenton; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/17/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2791c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2791c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 18
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2791c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 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 282; 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/cc468b7c-101b-4254-9ebe-831b4bdd47b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).