New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 6 R cosponsors

SB 262 — relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age.

Last action — Signed by the Governor on 06/24/2025; Chapter 0124; Effective 01/01/2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on June 24, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor on 06/24/2025; Chapter 0124; Effective 01/01/2026

  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24

  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17

  4. Ought to Pass: MA RC 290-71 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 25

  5. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  6. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 23 P. 12

  7. ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204

  8. Executive Session: 04/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204

  9. Public Hearing: 04/11/2025 12:00 pm LOB 202-204

  10. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 113

  11. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6

  12. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11

  13. Hearing: 02/20/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 10

  14. Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 409 not signed on · 70 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (409)

409 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

OTP

Passed 290 Yea · 71 Nay · 37 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1834019
Democrat 9163016
Unaffiliated 11401
Independent 0001
Total 28571037
% of votes cast 73%18%0%9%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Yea
Kimberly A Rice — Yea
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Nay
Patrick N Long — Yea
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Michael P Murphy — Yea
Sandra L Panek — Not Voting
Suraj Budathoki — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tom D Mannion — Yea
Alexis Simpson Democrat Yea
Alice Wade Democrat Yea
Alicia Gregg Democrat Yea
Alissandra Murray Democrat Not Voting
Allan Howland Democrat Nay
Allison Knab Democrat Yea
Amy Malone Democrat Yea
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Bill Bolton Democrat Nay
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Buzz Scherr Democrat Nay
Carrie Sorensen Democrat Yea
Carry Spier Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Yea
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Not Voting
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Yea
Chris McAleer Democrat Yea
Chris Muns Democrat Nay
Christal Lloyd Democrat Yea
Christine Seibert Democrat Yea
Christopher Herbert Democrat Nay
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
Dale Swanson Democrat Nay
Dan Bergeron Democrat Nay
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Yea
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Yea
David Fracht Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
David Nagel Democrat Yea
David Paige Democrat Yea
David Preece Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Yea
Eileen Kelly Democrat Nay
Eleana Colby Democrat Yea
Ellen Read Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Yea
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Eric Turer Democrat Yea
Erica de Vries Democrat Nay
Erik Johnson Democrat Yea
Erin Kerwin Democrat Nay
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Not Voting
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Gregory Sargent Democrat Yea
Heath Howard Democrat Nay
Heather Baldwin Democrat Nay
Heather Raymond Democrat Yea
Hope Damon Democrat Nay
James Gruber Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Yea
James Newsom Democrat Nay
James Roesener Democrat Yea
Janet Lucas Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jared Sullivan Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Yea
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Yea
Jerry Stringham Democrat Yea
Jessica Grill Democrat Not Voting
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Nay
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
Jim Snodgrass Democrat Nay
Jodi Newell Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
John Larochelle Democrat Nay
John Stone Democrat Nay
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Yea
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Karen Hegner Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Yea
Kate Murray Democrat Not Voting
Kathy Staub Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Yea
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Lee Ann Kluger Democrat Yea
Lily Foss Democrat Nay
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Not Voting
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Not Voting
Linda Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Ryan Democrat Yea
Loren Foxx Democrat Yea
Loren Selig Democrat Nay
Louis Juris Democrat Nay
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Luz Bay Democrat Yea
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Yea
Marc Plamondon Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Georges Democrat Yea
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Hicks Democrat Yea
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Not Voting
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Not Voting
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Molly Howard Democrat Not Voting
Muriel Hall Democrat Yea
Myles England Democrat Yea
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Ned Raynolds Democrat Not Voting
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicole Leapley Democrat Not Voting
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peggy Balboni Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Yea
Peter Lovett Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Philip Jones Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Russell Muirhead Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Yea
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Nay
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Nay
Santosh Salvi Democrat Yea
Seth Miller Democrat Yea
Stephanie Grund Democrat Yea
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Nay
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Susan Elberger Democrat Nay
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Nay
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Nay
Terry Spahr Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Buco Democrat Yea
Thomas Cormen Democrat Yea
Thomas Oppel Democrat Yea
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Yea
Tim Hartnett Democrat Yea
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Nay
Toni Weinstein Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Yea
Tracy Bricchi Democrat Yea
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Yea
Wayne Burton Democrat Yea
Wayne Pearson Democrat Nay
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Will Darby Democrat Yea
William Dolan Democrat Yea
William Palmer Democrat Nay
Zoe Manos Democrat Yea
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Not Voting
Aboul Khan Republican Yea
Adam Presa Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Nay
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Yea
Bill Ohm Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Yea
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Brian Taylor Republican Yea
Bryan Morse Republican Yea
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Not Voting
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Not Voting
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dale Girard Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Yea
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
Darrell Louis Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Yea
David Milz Republican Yea
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Denis Murphy Republican Yea
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Dillon Dumont Republican Yea
Donald McFarlane Republican Not Voting
Donald Selby Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Yea
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Nay
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Yea
James Thibault Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Not Voting
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Not Voting
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Yea
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Suiter Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Joseph Hamblen Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Yea
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Kathleen Paquette Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Lilli Walsh Republican Yea
Linda Franz Republican Not Voting
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Linda McGrath Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Liz Barbour Republican Yea
Lori Korzen Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Yea
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Not Voting
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Yea
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Pierre Dupont Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Raymond Peeples Republican Yea
Raymond Plante Republican Not Voting
Rich Nalevanko Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Riché Colcombe Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Ricky Devoid Republican Yea
Rita Mattson Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Robert Wherry Republican Yea
Robley Hall Republican Not Voting
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Yea
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Yea
Scott Bryer Republican Not Voting
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Nay
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sheri Minor Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Sly Karasinski Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Not Voting
Susan DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Not Voting
Tim Mannion Republican Yea
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 262?
SB 262 is sponsored by Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien (Republican), Howard Pearl (Republican), Kristin Noble (Republican), Lisa Mazur (Republican), Keith Murphy (Republican), and Victoria Sullivan (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 262?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2025. Enacted.
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