---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing procedures for expedited court hearings and disposition of confiscated animals."
description: "establishing procedures for expedited court hearings and disposition of confiscated animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 619"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 619 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-25"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99477744-9506-433c-b5fe-900cf73111f6"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1363&inflect=2"
source_hash: "e2ae5e7041add8e17273b5bdcc2a92a3bc8cfd2075e71ecf9915726195290e88"
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 619 (2026) — establishing procedures for expedited court hearings and disposition of confiscated animals.

## 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.

- **2025-11-25** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/12/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 5
- **2026-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0848s, 03/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Committee Amendment # 2026-0848s, AA, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
- **2026-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0848s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-16** Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Judiciary HJ 8 P. 114 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-04-08** Executive Session: 04/08/2026 10:30 am GP 230
- **2026-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1347h 04/08/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment # 2026-1347h: AA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **2026-04-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1347h: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-07** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
- **2026-05-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/21/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
- **2026-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2026; Chapter 143; Effective 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/99477744-9506-433c-b5fe-900cf73111f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).