HB 253 New Hampshire House · 2025 Regular Session

relative to interest-bearing pooled trust accounts maintained by lawyers.

HB 253 addresses rules for interest-bearing pooled trust accounts held by lawyers for client funds. It would require lawyers to manage these accounts (where multiple clients' money is combined) according to specific guidelines, likely regarding how interest is handled or reported. The bill directly affects attorneys who use pooled trust accounts to hold client funds. However, the provided context does not include the bill's specific provisions, mechanisms, or policy changes, only its title and committee status. The bill was reported as "Inexpedient to Legislate" by committee with a 15-0 vote, indicating it did not advance further.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Nov 4, 2025
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Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Oct 2, 2025
Committee
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 09/10/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC)
lower
Aug 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Retained in Committee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 12
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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