---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the contents of parenting plans."
description: "relative to the contents of parenting plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1039 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodi L Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-07"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe39839-80bf-431b-b08c-1edcbc03cd68"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2265&inflect=2"
source_hash: "cc5935d39f481359e1979d57698f69b00fa293e2d89036dd53f44ca46d0083c4"
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 HB 1039 (2026) — relative to the contents of parenting plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=20440&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33394&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31053&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Jodi L Nelson — primary (person)
- Debra L DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A Rice — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-02-20** Executive Session: 03/02/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/02/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 10 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing: 04/02/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 12
- **2026-04-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 87; eff.01/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe39839-80bf-431b-b08c-1edcbc03cd68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).