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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "establishing a committee to study the issue of unmarried cohabitants, domestic partnerships, and common law marriage."
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description: "establishing a committee to study the issue of unmarried cohabitants, domestic partnerships, and common law marriage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
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legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 151"
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citation: "New Hampshire HB 151 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jim V. Maggiore"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-12-28"
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last_action: "2023-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20be41a1-31f9-40db-aa58-850ac9c39c04"
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source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0224&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
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source_hash: "2701889d3cd93b5f95b50fcc03dc5b22d9e80f66b779bced5ce6e45387ceba84"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
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---
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# New Hampshire HB 151 (2023) — establishing a committee to study the issue of unmarried cohabitants, domestic partnerships, and common law marriage.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- OTP — **199–155** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jim V. Maggiore — primary (person)
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- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
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- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
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- Kate R. Murray — cosponsor (person)
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- Peggy Balboni — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
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- **2023-01-20** Executive Session: 01/17/2023 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
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- **2023-01-27** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/17/23 (Vote 10-5; RC) HC 12 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-01-27** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA DV 199-155 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 64 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 14
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- **2023-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
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- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 14; eff: 05/04/2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20be41a1-31f9-40db-aa58-850ac9c39c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).
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