---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records."
description: "extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 141 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill M. Gannon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6b4a7d0-f233-4a3f-9807-24d0c6cef8b3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0996&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "b9bb2987674fd3e43b7c46d366553eb4aea0192ad734a0e71a18c8d4e2897913"
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 SB 141 (2025) — extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1654h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1654h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **192–170** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill M. Gannon — primary (person)
- Aboul B Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Buzz Scherr — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Lilli M Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 8
- **2025-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025, Vote 3-1; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/16/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1654h (NT) 04/23/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 23 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Amendment # 2025-1654h: AF DV 172-191 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 43
- **2025-05-08** FLAM # 2025-1997h(NT) (Rep. Alexander Jr.): AA RC 192-170 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 46
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1997h: MA DV 343-19 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 48 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gannon, Abbas, Altschiller; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Lynn, Alexander Jr., Kuttab, Berch 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 03:15 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2025-06-20** 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/e6b4a7d0-f233-4a3f-9807-24d0c6cef8b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).