---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing persons under 21 into veterans' clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions."
description: "allowing persons under 21 into veterans' clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 565 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanine M Notter"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f71ece3-a494-443c-ae1c-f99c8384e30f"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "9a47553d27d577c46596e83f5156f20ffd35c8f569674266b99d6b4d52df0e30"
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 565 (2026) — allowing persons under 21 into veterans' clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Jeanine M Notter — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- James L Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 02:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/12/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-13** Executive Session: 03/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-19** Retained in Committee
- **2025-08-27** Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 229
- **2025-09-22** Full Committee Work Session: 10/08/2025 01:30 pm GP 229
- **2025-10-08** Executive Session: 10/28/2025 11:00 am GP 229
- **2025-10-08** Full Committee Work Session: 10/28/2025 10:00 am GP 229
- **2025-11-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3022h 10/28/2025 (Vote 16-1; CC) HC 51 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-3022h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 46
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3022h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 46 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6
- **2026-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/12/2026); SJ 7 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 115
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/27/2026; Chapter 9; eff. 05/26/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f71ece3-a494-443c-ae1c-f99c8384e30f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).