---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to confidentiality protections for national guard sexual assault prevention and response personnel."
description: "relative to confidentiality protections for national guard sexual assault prevention and response personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1172 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael I Moffett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2964011-3190-46f8-843c-d4fa7039b08f"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1672&inflect=2"
source_hash: "131de6b77a75b035bfba61fb9ba34b422780f03110840691bb7559d0d3a4cc6f"
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 1172 (2026) — relative to confidentiality protections for national guard sexual assault prevention and response personnel.

## 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=22821&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33397&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30664&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Michael I Moffett — primary (person)
- Christine Seibert — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James L Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Mandelbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Lily M Foss — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/16/2026 10:00 am GP 228
- **2026-01-08** Executive Session: 01/16/2026 02:00 pm GP 228
- **2026-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/16/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 5 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Hearing: 03/03/2026, Room 100, SH, 02:05 pm; SC 8
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `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 90; eff. 07/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2964011-3190-46f8-843c-d4fa7039b08f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).