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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 188: relative to contempt of the general court.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 188 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to contempt of the general court. Primary sponsor: Sherm Packard (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 3, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sherm PackardPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 16
Keith AmmonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 42
Jose E CambrilsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Greg HillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseMerrimack 2
Tim LangCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Bob LynnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 17
Mike MoffettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseMerrimack 4
Maureen MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 12
Steven D SmithCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James A SpillaneCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1
  2. Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
  3. Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 06/05/2025; SC 25
  4. Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
  5. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 24
  6. Special Order to 06/05/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2025 SJ 13
  7. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21
  8. Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 19
  9. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10
  10. Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 36
  11. Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/12/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 20
  12. Executive Session: 03/12/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source