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---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to rights of tenants in cases of domestic violence."
description: "relative to rights of tenants in cases of domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 261 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen D. Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1cf98b-7f57-4abb-a69a-3b1cc145a2d1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0285&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "8a539aca51f96e0225caf0d3d867a2194b9a78b38a61f9a1238b30060d737a9f"
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 261 (2024) — relative to rights of tenants in cases of domestic violence.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2024-0574s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0574s&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Ellen D. Read — primary (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Cassandra N. Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Seibert — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel T. Veilleux — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi K Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Staub — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 11:15 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-01-30** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/09/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-23** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/08/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 16 P. 37
- **2023-03-23** Ought to Pass: MA DV 193-191 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 29 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-23** Reconsider HB26 (Rep. Adjutant): MF DV 190-194 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 29
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/11/2023; SC 21
- **2023-05-11** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0009s, 01/03/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection; 01/03/2024; SJ 1
- **2024-01-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0009, 01/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0009, 02/08/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Special Order to the End of the Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 02/08/2024; SJ 3
- **2024-02-08** Committee Amendment # 2024-0009s, AF, VV; 02/08/2024; SJ 3
- **2024-02-08** Sen. Chandley Floor Amendment # 2024-0574s, AA, VV; 02/08/2024; SJ 3
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0574s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/08/2024; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-11** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-0574s (Rep. Lynn): MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 9
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled 05/02/2024 adopted HJ 12 P. 44
- **2024-05-14** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/14/2024; Chapter 9; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe1cf98b-7f57-4abb-a69a-3b1cc145a2d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).