---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to interstate depositions and discovery."
description: "relative to interstate depositions and discovery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1489"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1489 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50f5b54-ec8f-4016-a59d-1d434b9b2a96"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1531&inflect=2"
source_hash: "d2e1bdab32d7bb96559028dfa8a8fd22c86100fa345e58ca3c1fe6498977684a"
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 1489 (2026) — relative to interstate depositions and discovery.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=23833&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33958&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32336&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)
- Paul S. Berch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/25/2026 11:00 am GP 230
- **2026-03-02** Executive Session: 02/25/2026 11:00 am GP 230
- **2026-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/25/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 55 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 15
- **2026-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 172; eff. 01/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a50f5b54-ec8f-4016-a59d-1d434b9b2a96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).