---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports."
description: "relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1261 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph A. Guthrie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1685041c-c392-4e85-b79a-5ac04477c4b9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2320&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "83201a99bf4e840d5bdc7cf2453e78fe29f45aca04efc0497cc4b94990c94b15"
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 1261 (2018) — relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1954e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1954e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1333&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Joseph A. Guthrie — primary (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Skip Berrien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0729h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 12-2; CC) HC 9 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0729h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 4
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0729h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/29/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1954e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1954e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 172; I. Sec. 1 eff. as prov. in sec. 3; II. Rem. eff. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1685041c-c392-4e85-b79a-5ac04477c4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).