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---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study current mental health procedures for involuntary commitment."
description: "establishing a commission to study current mental health procedures for involuntary commitment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 208 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54e262d6-2b20-4013-b1d8-33ba03cb216f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0167&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "0c4d1c55f5286dc711eb9502c22084cfe66493cb376eca96e1650de0f5be2910"
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 208 (2017) — establishing a commission to study current mental health procedures for involuntary commitment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2017-1220s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1220s&txtFormat=amend)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-30** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 20 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 02:15 PM LOB 205
- **2017-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/31/2017 09:00 AM LOB 205
- **2017-02-06** Executive Session: 02/01/2017 LOB 205
- **2017-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0203h for 02/15/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 11 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Removed from Consent (Rep. Cushing) 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 6
- **2017-02-16** Special Order to 2/16/2017 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 57
- **2017-02-16** Amendment # 2017-0203h: AA VV 02/16/2017 HJ 8 P. 42
- **2017-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0203h: MA VV 02/16/2017 HJ 8 P. 43 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1220s, 04/06/2017; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Committee Amendment # 2017-1220s, AA, VV; 04/06/2017; SJ 13
- **2017-04-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1220s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/06/2017; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1220s (Rep. Kotowski): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2017; Chapter 162; Sec. 2 eff 11/01/18 Rem eff 06/28/17 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54e262d6-2b20-4013-b1d8-33ba03cb216f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).