---
type: "Bill"
title: "creating local options for games of chance, authorizing keno throughout the state, and changing charitable gaming license fees and reporting requirements."
description: "creating local options for games of chance, authorizing keno throughout the state, and changing charitable gaming license fees and reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 737 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Boyd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27589e06-aab7-4fe4-b371-7d72532ec708"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0742&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "c0f7d16e46ae8ad7dabc2e7f2bc5c1f775c43b0050fb0526696735307a48adcc"
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 737 (2025) — creating local options for games of chance, authorizing keno throughout the state, and changing charitable gaming license fees and reporting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2924e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2924e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bill Boyd — primary (person)
- David Paige — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry M. Stringham — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph J Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Len P Turcotte — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C Schamberg — cosponsor (person)
- Walter Spilsbury — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 3 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 203
- **2025-02-27** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-05** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/10/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0850h 03/10/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0850h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 18
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0850h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/16/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am, on proposed amendment #2025-1468s; SC 16
- **2025-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1638s, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1638s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-01** Committee Amendment # 2025-1638s, AA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
- **2025-05-14** Full Committee Work Session: 05/20/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1638s and Requests CofC (Rep. Osborne): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Janigian, Ohm, Bryer, Oppel 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Lang Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Lang, Sullivan, Fenton; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/17/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-06-12** Conferee Change: Rep. Ulery Replaces Rep. Ohm 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 22
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2810c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2810c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 18
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2810c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-07-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2924e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2924e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 288; eff. I. Sec 2 3 5 eff. 06/01/2027 II. Rem eff. 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27589e06-aab7-4fe4-b371-7d72532ec708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).