---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to background checks for surrogate parents."
description: "relative to background checks for surrogate parents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 517 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mel Myler"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13da9743-8692-499f-b13a-690aeb208a2b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0487&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "4460873c9cdfacb233c589496a44ff39691b8273cbe7a1da49fa9b3002f37c8c"
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 517 (2023) — relative to background checks for surrogate parents.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Mel Myler — primary (person)
- Linda L. Tanner — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen L. Woodcock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/07/2023 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/06/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/06/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Hearing: 05/02/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 20
- **2023-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/20/2023; Chapter 88; Eff: 08/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13da9743-8692-499f-b13a-690aeb208a2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).