---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care."
description: "relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1598 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Jane Wallner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/204460da-ee71-4f21-8bbb-98399ddc9102"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2311&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "5d80abfaf02ec7327e60186de638d80accc0ce55764150b5577acbaaee5e53b2"
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 1598 (2024) — relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1308h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1308h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1398&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Mary Jane Wallner — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Debra L. DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-17** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/09/2024 (Vote 12-1; RC) HC 4 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Executive Session: 01/09/2024 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-01-17** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Finance 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 13 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Division Work Session: 03/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-07** Division Work Session: 03/11/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-12** Division Work Session: 03/18/2024 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-12** Division Work Session: 03/22/2024 12:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-03-27** Executive Session: 04/02/2024 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1308h 04/02/2024 (Vote 25-0; RC) HC 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-1308h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 60
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1308h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 61 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-16** Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Hearing: 05/01/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 17
- **2024-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 205; eff. 07/12/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/204460da-ee71-4f21-8bbb-98399ddc9102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).