---
type: "Bill"
title: "including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions."
description: "including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 278 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3d2a64-d345-4c7d-8aa9-478a090706ef"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1095&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "cd9bb8ac3e1fc29c16b5fec7b6d27d41027adf0b5a56accbc87a85fe04c5510a"
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 278 (2025) — including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 10
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; 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 Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Public Hearing: 04/08/2025 11:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-18** Executive Session: 04/08/2025 11:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/08/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 22 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2025; Chapter 0093; 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/5d3d2a64-d345-4c7d-8aa9-478a090706ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).