---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards."
description: "establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 258 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62dd5a1b-4bcd-4a2b-84fa-98a6db726a8d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1041&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "9161856827e1704283359f80a6840f746161fda876ea627eecb3b33bfef2a2d3"
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 258 (2025) — establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1580h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1580h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Carry Spier — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- John Michael Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/18/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 10
- **2025-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0493s, 03/06/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0493s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0493s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/11/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-14** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-14** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1580h 04/23/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 23 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Amendment # 2025-1580h: AA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 5
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1580h: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-03** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2025; Chapter 0150; Effective 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62dd5a1b-4bcd-4a2b-84fa-98a6db726a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).