republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2017/hb-629.md

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Bill	establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services.	establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2017	HB 629	New Hampshire HB 629 (2017)	bill		enacted		1	20	1	2017-01-24	2017-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/16fc89a8-36bc-4b4b-a8e1-336e5aa6433f	http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0291&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017	b43e65fc97cf2b9c5ebf7de72a187d85f142c58f83fbffc33120b60f25ce4b3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire HB 629 (2017) — establishing a preference for the appointment of the child's grandparent as guardian of the minor in certain cases and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2017-1877e (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur — 283–32 (pass) · legislature

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 3 P. 22 introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Public Hearing: 02/14/2017 03:00 PM LOB 206
• 2017-02-23 Executive Session: 02/22/2017 LOB 206
• 2017-02-23 Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 14 P. 4 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 8 passage
• 2017-03-14 Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 15
• 2017-04-13 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-20 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 passage
• 2017-05-04 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1616s, 05/11/2017; SC 22 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-11 Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2017-1616s Non-Germane, 05/11/2017; SJ 16
• 2017-05-11 Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2017-1616s; 2/3 Necessary, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
• 2017-05-11 Committee Amendment # 2017-1616s, AA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
• 2017-05-11 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1616s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2017; SJ 16 passage
• 2017-05-18 House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1616s (Rep. K. Rice): MA RC 283-32 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 4
• 2017-05-18 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1877e: AA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 9
• 2017-05-18 Enrolled 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 8
• 2017-05-18 Sen. Avard Moved Adoption of Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1877e, AA, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 18
• 2017-05-18 Enrolled (In recess 05/18/2017); SJ 18
• 2017-05-22 Signed by Governor Sununu 05/19/2017; Chapter 53; I. Sec. 5 eff. 5/19/17 ; II. Rem. eff. 1/1/18 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16fc89a8-36bc-4b4b-a8e1-336e5aa6433f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).