---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the oversight commission on children's services and relative to the commission to review child abuse fatalities."
description: "relative to the oversight commission on children's services and relative to the commission to review child abuse fatalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 479 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90ed83dc-3f90-44eb-a410-5a453783e7a1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3007&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "978469038fcf9ba1f3475ece46b0aa49dd0e87ccfa09bcd75bcd442fe00214fb"
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 479 (2018) — relative to the oversight commission on children's services and relative to the commission to review child abuse fatalities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1952e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1952e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2023&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Guthrie — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Mariellen J. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Skip Berrien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: 02/13/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 7
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0661s, 02/22/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0661s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0661s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 02:00 PM LOB 206
- **2018-03-21** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/20/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-04-11** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2018-1394h: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 206-208
- **2018-04-17** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1394h for 04/26/2018 (Vote 8-0; CC) HC 16 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1349h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1349h: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1952e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1952e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-07-05** Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2018; Chapter 0363; Effective 07/02/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90ed83dc-3f90-44eb-a410-5a453783e7a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).