---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the records of the probate court."
description: "relative to the records of the probate court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 259 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80872df-d4b2-4dad-b1bc-3a0944041399"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0596&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "30e7e442a6a36489d36ecaf990a8c4095318ae5623ad7e4c7f48bda302534f75"
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 259 (2017) — relative to the records of the probate court.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0009h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0009h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-30** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Public Hearing: 01/10/2017 01:00 PM LOB 208
- **2017-01-11** Executive Session: 01/17/2017 01:00 PM LOB 208
- **2017-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0009h for 01/26/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 8 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Amendment # 2017-0009h: AA VV 01/26/2017 HJ 4 P. 5
- **2017-01-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0009h: MA VV 01/26/2017 HJ 4 P. 5 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/29/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/29/2017; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Enrolled (In recess 04/06/2017); SJ 14
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled 04/06/2017 HJ 13 P. 63
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/17/2017; Chapter 15; Eff. 6/16/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e80872df-d4b2-4dad-b1bc-3a0944041399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).