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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 15: relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases.

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 15 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on December 19, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases. Primary sponsor: Bill Gannon (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3.

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 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill GannonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Daryl AbbasCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Kevin AvardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
J.D. BernardyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 36
Regina BirdsellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
James GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Aboul KhanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 30
Tim LangCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Melissa LitchfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 32
Lilli WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 15

“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. Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
  2. Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
  3. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3096h: MA RC 179-159 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 94
  4. Amendment # 2025-3096h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 92
  5. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  6. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3096h (NT) 11/13/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 51 P. 22
  7. Executive Session: 11/13/2025 10:00 am GP 159
  8. Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-3012h: 10/23/2025 10:00 am GP159
  9. ==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 230
  10. ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 10/22/2025 01:00 am GP 230
  11. Retained in Committee
  12. ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/09/2025 11:01 am LOB 202-204

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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