Bill Title: Criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)

Status: (Passed) 2025-07-22 - Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 189; eff.01/01/2026 House Journal 18 [HB473 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Enrolled	2025-03-26	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	Not Avail	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for New Hampshire HB473

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for New Hampshire HB473 currently on file.