---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders."
description: "relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 62 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry W Roy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1cf8f56-a507-40bf-9a13-2cb5da40e228"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0039&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "f155ee3c834ceb3219c3cc55d97c71b434d8800897eccba7b4c4ea089cbb3b42"
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 62 (2025) — relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0282h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0282h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Terry W Roy — primary (person)
- James L Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer M Rhodes — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (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`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0282h 02/21/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0282h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 3
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0282h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Hearing: 04/17/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 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) 05/08/2025 HJ 15 P. 62
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 55; 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/b1cf8f56-a507-40bf-9a13-2cb5da40e228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).