---
type: "Bill"
title: "criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances."
description: "criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 473 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodi L Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f4f09c6-0e0c-43ed-8959-eaca6a9ee4f2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0729&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "cc25326541186e23e01645f553c1455cc03e0544ca6dffbb33e05f58a6fab2c7"
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 473 (2025) — criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2731e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2731e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jodi L Nelson — primary (person)
- Alicia C Gregg — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Charles E McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Charles H Foote — cosponsor (person)
- Debra L DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Jay D Markell — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/06/2025 03:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-07** Public Hearing: 02/12/2025 03:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0430h 03/07/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 17 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0430h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 12
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0430h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-27** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Hearing: 04/24/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2731e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-19** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2731e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 25
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 189; eff.01/01/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f4f09c6-0e0c-43ed-8959-eaca6a9ee4f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).