---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data."
description: "relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1379"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1379 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa A. Litchfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a1a2013-674e-4011-9e27-2267a5dcda9b"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2254&inflect=2"
source_hash: "d59ab8e2305181ca094904f8cb42e0d415ca581b1b1b2aea0b1609ccd28f16f9"
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 1379 (2026) — relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data.

## 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=23177&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30448&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28514&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Melissa A. Litchfield — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Tenczar — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret M Drye — cosponsor (person)
- Paul A Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/12/2026 11:10 am GP 232
- **2026-01-27** Executive Session: 01/12/2026 11:10 am GP 232
- **2026-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/12/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 5 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV HJ 3 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing: 03/04/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 7
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/12/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 2
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 24; eff: 06/02/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a1a2013-674e-4011-9e27-2267a5dcda9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).