---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data."
description: "prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1460"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1460 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa A. Litchfield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-04"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f550782-6410-4092-bb07-ac93e3467880"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2443&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e9862091aec4c06d0df923c25b7cd2e00d6bbce1ac314df5b832a07e2fcddb76"
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 1460 (2026) — prohibiting the sale of a child's personal 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=23480&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30672&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33954&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32180&q=billVersion)

## Votes

- OTP — **214–145** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melissa A. Litchfield — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Jay D Markell — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Laurence A Miner — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E Granger — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-04** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 01:00 pm GP 230
- **2026-01-08** Executive Session: 01/27/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-02-02** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 6 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Finance 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 14 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Ought to Pass: MA RC 214-145 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-13** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 62
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 10
- **2026-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** HB 1460 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
- **2026-04-09** Sen. Abbas Floor Amendment # 2026-1273s, AA, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1273s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1273s (Rep. DeSimone): MA VV 05/07/2026
- **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 168; 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/2f550782-6410-4092-bb07-ac93e3467880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).