---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to law enforcement agency reporting on information concerning bias crimes."
description: "relative to law enforcement agency reporting on information concerning bias crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 315 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon E. Chandley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fbb47d-e588-41b7-9285-db654cbfd891"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2927&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "1121e7a75d651ee44336b000e29bd1b240372abee3b378c4601c37fedd6292df"
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 315 (2024) — relative to law enforcement agency reporting on information concerning bias crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1647h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1647h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2018&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Shannon E. Chandley — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Linda C. Harriott-Gathright — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: 01/31/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 5
- **2024-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-0990s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-0990s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0990s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-11** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/19/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-16** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/24/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-25** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 05/01/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-25** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-1647h: 05/01/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-05-01** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 05/08/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-05-01** Full Committee Work Session: 05/08/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-05-09** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0147; Effective 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9fbb47d-e588-41b7-9285-db654cbfd891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).