---
type: "Bill"
title: "removing references to matrimonial age and time waivers in the vital records act."
description: "removing references to matrimonial age and time waivers in the vital records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 269 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Altschiller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a6f42f-b63c-4aff-b924-21eb26ea3d2c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0572&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e0b966d0c43f237fb81f06ec4540a892cff4a33069aaa5f5baed75dff78b9eed"
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 269 (2025) — removing references to matrimonial age and time waivers in the vital records act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2877e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2877e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Debra Altschiller — primary (person)
- Cassandra N Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Gaby M Grossman — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Zoe R Manos — 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`
- **2025-03-05** Hearing: 03/11/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 12
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/20/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-30** Executive Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-05-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/06/2025 (Vote 14-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-26** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2877e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2877e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0252; Effective 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a6f42f-b63c-4aff-b924-21eb26ea3d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).