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---
type: "Bill"
title: "making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children."
description: "making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 161 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254766ac-0031-4f95-a807-7aa65ba2a5b7"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0357&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "fd3ac34c8c9ff6008d6cff85384edcdf311fd2b26013f92fbc0f33884fd81358"
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 SB 161 (2025) — making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2025-1539h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1539h&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 10
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0539s, 03/06/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0539s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0539s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Public Hearing: 04/08/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-18** Executive Session: 04/08/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1539h 04/08/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 22 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1539h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1539h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Abbas Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0099; Effective 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254766ac-0031-4f95-a807-7aa65ba2a5b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).