republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2024/sb-462.md

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Bill	relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims.	relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2024	SB 462	New Hampshire SB 462 (2024)	bill		enacted	Sharon M. Carson	2	20	1	2023-12-12	2024-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e3865e55-48c1-43fe-b1bf-4f20b1c08eb5	https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3015&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024	b205bcbbd17ff5ca31d6326d2ce5b62f8b6cf3830a28dd7d30695d13ea5f2750	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire SB 462 (2024) — relative to raising the cap on damages for wrongful death loss of consortium claims.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2024-1112s (committee substitute) — source
2. latest version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Ought to Pass w/Amendment — 17–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
• Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
• Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
• Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-12 To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Hearing: 02/06/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 6
• 2024-03-13 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1112s, 03/21/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 11 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
• 2024-03-21 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1112s, 04/05/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 13 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Committee Amendment # 2024-1112s, AA, VV; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
• 2024-04-05 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1112s, RC 17Y-7N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/05/2024; SJ 8 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-04-09 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 14A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2024; SJ 9 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-04-12 Introduced 04/12/2024 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 103 introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Public Hearing: 04/24/2024 11:00 am LOB 206-208
• 2024-04-25 Executive Session: 05/01/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
• 2024-05-02 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/01/2024 (Vote 11-9; RC) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
• 2024-05-09 Indefinitely Postpone (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 175-187 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 46
• 2024-05-09 Ought to Pass: MA DV 191-174 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 48 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-05-09 Reconsider OTP (Rep. M. Smith): MF DV 162-197 05/09/2024 HJ 13 P. 55
• 2024-06-19 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 enrolled
• 2024-06-19 Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
• 2024-07-10 Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0160; Effective 01/01/2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3865e55-48c1-43fe-b1bf-4f20b1c08eb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).