---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers."
description: "relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 608 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-25"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e012b9c-7a74-428f-b401-3af04364c4f7"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1372&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e352bbafdbabf46fd9b0a4d24374ac258a4cd8129740392d6a438d12c960da12"
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 608 (2026) — relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers.

## 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=22288&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30671&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26053&q=billVersion)
4. **As Amended by the Senate (2nd)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28572&q=billVersion)
5. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33416&q=billVersion)
6. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=31016&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-25** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-15** Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 47
- **2026-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0210s, 01/29/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0210s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee Amendment # 2026-0210s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1050s, 03/12/2026; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2026-1050s, AA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
- **2026-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1050s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-16** Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 8 P. 114 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Public Hearing: 03/24/2026 11:30 am GP 230
- **2026-03-25** Executive Session: 03/31/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-04-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1263h 03/31/2026 (Vote 15-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Referred to Finance 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment # 2026-1263h: AA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 16
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1263h: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 20
- **2026-04-16** Sen. Rochefort Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **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
- **2026-05-29** Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 109 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** I. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect as provided in Section 5
- **2026-05-29** II. Remainder Effective 05/28/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e012b9c-7a74-428f-b401-3af04364c4f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).