---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to access to criminal records."
description: "relative to access to criminal records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 386"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 386 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7227d29f-6aeb-4374-8c58-64b26c31a1ba"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2717&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "f217e9a3c55bebeb5a28213e239b6de47c6eb671b36bf45f8bec2ef0a3a363d7"
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 386 (2018) — relative to access to criminal records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2088e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2088e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1733&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Mariellen J. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Peter T. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 48
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/01/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 10:00 AM LOB 204
- **2018-03-22** Executive Session: 03/20/2018 LOB 204
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 13 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Referred to Executive Departments and Administration 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 4
- **2018-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2018 01:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 17 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2088e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2088e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0318 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** I. Section 36 Effective 01/01/2019
- **2018-06-29** II. Section 8 of this act shall take effect as provided in Section 38
- **2018-06-29** III. Remainder Effective 08/24/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7227d29f-6aeb-4374-8c58-64b26c31a1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).