---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 615 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-25"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1244e6f6-84d9-4f36-9f7d-7d824f00ff75"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1474&inflect=2"
source_hash: "60181f476816c81ef5463ea34a27c9872363f013d58f1b0a2c14a5f540c02776"
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 615 (2026) — establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire.

## 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=22296&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28478&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33994&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32283&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, 01:45 pm; SC 47
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1045s, 03/12/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2026-1045s, AA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
- **2026-03-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1045s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 7-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-27** Introduced (in recess of) 03/26/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 9 P. 55 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/08/2026 01:30 pm GP 158
- **2026-04-07** Executive Session: 04/15/2026 10:00 am GP 158
- **2026-04-22** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/15/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 18 P. 14 `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-22** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 `failure`
- **2026-05-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2031e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
- **2026-06-05** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2031e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `amendment-passage`
- **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 the Governor on 06/19/2026; Chapter 200 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2027
- **2026-06-24** II. Remainder Effective 06/19/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1244e6f6-84d9-4f36-9f7d-7d824f00ff75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).