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Bill relative to the issuance of a summons instead of arrest. relative to the issuance of a summons instead of arrest. us/states/nh New Hampshire General Court 2026 HB 1696 New Hampshire HB 1696 (2026)
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Jennifer M Rhodes
3 12 0 2025-12-12 2026-05-19 openstates ocd-bill/1f9f53eb-51b4-48cc-84b8-34129a8a2701 https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1622&inflect=2 5809f30bb59d8d3b40c129fb0828263d951c7f89fc62f623c518e818a4096480 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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New Hampshire HB 1696 (2026) — relative to the issuance of a summons instead of arrest.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (committee substitute) — source
  3. Version adopted by both bodies (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Jennifer M Rhodes — primary (person)
  • Dennis Mannion — cosponsor (person)
  • Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
  • Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
  • Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-12-12 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 1 P. 31 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-15 Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 11:30 am GP 159
  • 2026-02-24 Executive Session: 02/18/2026 11:30 am GP 159
  • 2026-02-24 Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2026 (Vote 11-1; CC) HC 9 P. 9 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-05 Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 9 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-03-06 Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18 Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:50 pm; SC 11
  • 2026-04-01 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-03 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-05-11 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 enrolled
  • 2026-05-11 Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
  • 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 75; eff. 01/01/2027 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f9f53eb-51b4-48cc-84b8-34129a8a2701. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).