---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators."
description: "relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 83 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eb8cb85-0a82-4dfb-8775-6913377f1d56"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "303f9bda430bbd112beaeb7b6aad694c44a7eefe8a70b13a33f9cdc7b36527a1"
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 83 (2026) — relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** SB 83 is vacated from Commerce and referred to Ways and Means; (In recess 01/09/2025); SJ 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing: 02/05/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 8
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0773s, 03/13/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0773s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0773s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1102s, 03/27/2025, Vote 5-1; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Committee Amendment # 2025-1102s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1102s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-27** Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2025-1160s, RC 8Y-16N, AF; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-27** Sen. Altschiller Floor Amendment # 2025-1369s, RC 8Y-16N, AF; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 11 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-16** Full Committee Work Session: 04/22/2025 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-30** ==RECESSED== Full Committee Work Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOBO 202-204
- **2025-05-21** Executive Session: 05/27/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-05-27** Retained in Committee
- **2025-09-16** Full Committee Work Session: 10/06/2025 10:00 am GP 159
- **2025-09-16** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/08/2025 10:00 am GP 159
- **2025-10-13** Executive Session: 10/29/2025 10:00 am GP 159
- **2025-10-15** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-3010h: 10/29/2025 10:25 am GP 159
- **2025-11-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3010h (NT) 11/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-3010h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 80
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3010h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 80 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-05** Sen. Lang Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **2026-02-05** Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **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 the Governor on 03/27/2026; Chapter 16; Effective 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/0eb8cb85-0a82-4dfb-8775-6913377f1d56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).