---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the enforcement of alimony orders and relative to waivers of alimony."
description: "relative to the enforcement of alimony orders and relative to waivers of alimony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1228 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay D Markell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd979065-1069-47f3-b5c7-693fb50a1349"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2159&inflect=2"
source_hash: "893d811ad854e7280789110188f11ed477effa8807d105c8079c9dff4349152f"
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 1228 (2026) — relative to the enforcement of alimony orders and relative to waivers of alimony.

## 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=22883&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31030&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33945&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32176&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Jay D Markell — primary (person)
- Jodi L Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Lori E Korzen — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Ngwanda Georges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 230
- **2026-02-04** Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/10/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:20 am; SC 10
- **2026-04-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1340s, 04/16/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Committee Amendment # 2026-1340s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1340s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1340s (Rep. DeSimone): MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 159; 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/fd979065-1069-47f3-b5c7-693fb50a1349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).