---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to false reports to law enforcement."
description: "relative to false reports to law enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 109"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 109 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Mannion"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-26"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae4b1970-cc8b-43d6-943e-ca4224400239"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "ca774da3f1b908612eebbafde9e18273ced06a0850204de7925852b60b8b1006"
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 109 (2026) — relative to false reports to law enforcement.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Dennis Mannion — primary (person)
- Mark L Proulx — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen C. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-26** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/31/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/21/2025 (Vote 9-6; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA DV 198-173 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Hearing: 04/03/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 15
- **2025-04-16** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19
- **2025-05-01** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3085s, 01/07/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 46 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Committee Amendment # 2025-3085s, AA, VV; 01/07/2026; SJ 1
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-3085s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/07/2026; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-3085s (Rep. Roy): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2026; Chapter 43; eff. 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae4b1970-cc8b-43d6-943e-ca4224400239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).