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type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the prohibition of the possession of hypodermic needles by minors."
description: "relative to the prohibition of the possession of hypodermic needles by minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 397 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33adc2af-43f5-418e-97c7-81f68e33e5de"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0574&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "656dd8dbabc35c1b99db74163aec011f653f90641d37890adf90c69eb70add6a"
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 397 (2024) — relative to the prohibition of the possession of hypodermic needles by minors.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2024-0085e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0085e&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Emily Phillips — primary (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J. Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Josh S. Yokela — 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 Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-01-18** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/25/2023 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-01-26** Executive Session: 02/02/2023 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0459h 02/09/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0459h : AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0459h : MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 8 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Public Hearing: 03/10/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-10** Executive Session: 03/10/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/10/2023 (Vote 14-6; RC) HC 16 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 53 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Hearing: 05/02/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 20
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/18/2023; SC 22
- **2023-05-18** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/03/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2024; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-01-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-0085e: AA VV (in recess of) 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 72
- **2024-01-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-0085e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 01/03/2024); SJ 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/08/2024); SJ 4 `enrolled`
- **2024-02-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 47
- **2024-02-23** Signed by Governor Sununu 02/21/2024; Chapter 2; 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/33adc2af-43f5-418e-97c7-81f68e33e5de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).