---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron."
description: "relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 267 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d52808-7577-4821-b525-70fa4948332a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1117&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "9b1d9f9350d437fb9dbaaa083afbd2e9c1c05dac632f746d8a2f713da870789f"
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 267 (2025) — relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2913e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2913e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Table — **110–253** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **292–72** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Nancy A Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 10
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025, Vote 4-0; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Sen. Abbas Floor Amendment # 2025-0713s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0713s, 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/11/2025 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-14** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-14** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-05-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/30/2025 (Vote 14-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-05-22** Lay SB267 on Table (Rep. Harrington): MF RC 110-253 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 12 `deferral`
- **2025-05-22** FLAM # 2025-2330h (Rep. Rhodes): AA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 15
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2330h: MA RC 292-72 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 15 `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 Bill Amendment # 2025-2913e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2913e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-07-29** Signed by the Governor on 07/29/2025; Chapter 260; Effective 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/01d52808-7577-4821-b525-70fa4948332a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).