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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 652: abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division.

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 652 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division. Primary sponsor: J.D. Bernardy (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 19, 2026): Died on Table, Session ended 08/19/2026 HJ 16.

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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
J.D. BernardyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 36
Matt Sabourin dit ChoinièreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 30
Susan DeRoyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseStrafford 3
Lisa PostCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 42

“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. Died on Table, Session ended 08/19/2026 HJ 16
  2. Lay HB652 on Table (Rep. DeSimone): MA DV 268-66 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 113
  3. Removed from Consent (Reps. Nalevanko, Kaczynski, Sabourin dit Choiniere, D. Kelley, Barton, Sirois, Perez, DeRoy, Bernardy, Post) 02/16/2026 HJ 5 P. 3
  4. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/10/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 7 P. 3
  5. Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 230
  6. Recommit (Rep. DeSimone): MA DV 183-161 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 82
  7. Executive Session: 09/30/2025 11:00 am GP 230
  8. Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
  9. Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 09/30/2025 (Vote 12-2; RC) HC 51 P. 19
  10. Retained in Committee
  11. Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208
  12. Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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