---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to protective custody statutes."
description: "relative to protective custody statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1270"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1270 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Schapiro"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b04d9914-0762-4a80-8619-b5e33e26f0f4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2054&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "aff5e667a030eef9236b848847b784d838740b7db57ee2deb41e8d7723898ba2"
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 1270 (2024) — relative to protective custody statutes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0851h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0851h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1141&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Joe Schapiro — primary (person)
- Daniel A. Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Dick H Thackston — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi K Newell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 01/26/2024 12:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-14** Public Hearing: 02/21/2024 12:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-14** Executive Session: 02/23/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0851h 02/23/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment # 2024-0851h: AA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 4
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0851h: MA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Hearing: 04/02/2024, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 13
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 72; eff. 8/13/2024 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/b04d9914-0762-4a80-8619-b5e33e26f0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).