---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the regulation of games of chance."
description: "relative to the regulation of games of chance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 607"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 607 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred G. Doucette"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31cafb03-973d-4658-8bd6-fdaaf96466fd"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0421&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5c9bb217dad0948c7ffc703116774ad3578939c7259387b7a6fe23d0ce9665ba"
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 607 (2023) — relative to the regulation of games of chance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1911s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1911s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Fred G. Doucette — primary (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy A. Soucy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/15/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-09** Public Hearing: 02/15/2023 10:45 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-02-24** Full Committee Work Session: 03/07/2023 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:15 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/15/2023 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-16** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1024h 03/16/2023 (Vote 12-7; RC) HC 16 P. 43 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-03-23** Amendment # 2023-1024h: AA VV 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 47
- **2023-03-23** FLAM # 2023-1103h (Reps. Ames, Doucette): AA VV 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 50
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1024h 2023-1103h: MA VV 03/23/2023 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/12/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 17
- **2023-05-10** Hearing: 05/17/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am, on proposed amendment # 2023-1726s; SC 22
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1911s, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2023-1911s, AA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1911s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1911s and Requests CofC (Reps. L. Sanborn, Janigian, Doucette, Almy): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Lang Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Lang, Innis, D'Allesandro; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-20** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/20/2023 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31cafb03-973d-4658-8bd6-fdaaf96466fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).