---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting those convicted of murder from financially profiting from the death of the victim."
description: "prohibiting those convicted of murder from financially profiting from the death of the victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 148 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria Sullivan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fa3964c-be46-4cab-a091-06b6c88d6803"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1154&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "4604e5eb6b2d141fe498127b283afec7f2ddaee82a65f94ea5f4b3a4209af01d"
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 148 (2025) — prohibiting those convicted of murder from financially profiting from the death of the victim.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1922h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1922h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Victoria Sullivan — primary (person)
- Kathleen Paquette — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Ngwanda Georges — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew B. Wilhelm — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — 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`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 10
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0746s, 03/13/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0746s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0746s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `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: 04/09/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-10** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/16/2025 01:00 pm 206-208
- **2025-04-16** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/22/2025 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1922h 05/07/2025 (Vote 17-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment # 2025-1922h: AA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 27
- **2025-05-22** FLAM # 2025-2207h (Rep. Lynn): AA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 30
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1922h and 2025-2207h: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 30 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- **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 the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0237; Effective 07/15/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fa3964c-be46-4cab-a091-06b6c88d6803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).