---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances."
description: "relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 515 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67aeeea6-f2d0-4e3b-aa8d-ca593673a0c7"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1257&inflect=2"
source_hash: "9a6246cc1b3d7fc331ccec767953588c6bf0d1fe5cc4a38203834b332d06026c"
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 SB 515 (2026) — relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-30** Hearing: 01/15/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 48
- **2026-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0129s, 01/29/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0129s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee Amendment # 2026-0129s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Public Hearing: 03/24/2026 11:00 am GP 230
- **2026-03-25** Executive Session: 03/31/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/31/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/05/2026; Chapter 126 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-08** I. Section 4 Effective 08/01/2026
- **2026-06-08** II. Section 5 Effective 08/01/2027
- **2026-06-08** III. Remainder Effective 08/04/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67aeeea6-f2d0-4e3b-aa8d-ca593673a0c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).