---
type: "Bill"
title: "enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses."
description: "enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1730 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Sweeney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b33f8c3-bf49-47ab-9609-cbde6704e71b"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2449&inflect=2"
source_hash: "5dcf2a0137119ecd72a6269ea2bc870081e47e88b2a5c9106f15c9f1c0439317"
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 1730 (2026) — enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses.

## 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=24489&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=27307&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33404&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30695&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Joe Sweeney — primary (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 33 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/15/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- **2026-01-28** Executive Session: 02/04/2026 10:00 am GP 159
- **2026-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0420h (NT) 02/04/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 7 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment # 2026-0420h: AA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 10
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0420h: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Finance 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 39 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 112
- **2026-02-25** Introduced 02/19/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 10
- **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 97; 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/1b33f8c3-bf49-47ab-9609-cbde6704e71b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).