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SB 622 New Hampshire Senate · 2026 Regular Session

relative to the offense of identity fraud.

SB 622 expands New Hampshire's identity fraud law to explicitly protect businesses, government agencies, and other organizations (referred to as "entities") alongside individuals. It adds a clear definition of "entity" to include corporations, trusts, government bodies, and their departments, and updates the offense to cover fraud committed against these entities. The bill makes it a crime to obtain or use someone's personal information (like account numbers or passwords) without authorization to impersonate an entity or assist others in doing so. This change directly affects organizations that could face financial harm from identity fraud targeting their accounts or data. The law takes effect January 1, 2027, with no estimated state or local cost impact.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeExpands criminalization of identity fraud to cover entities, directly aligning with 'oppose' indicator of expanding criminalization.90% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyExpands identity fraud law to protect businesses/government entities from unauthorized use of personal data, strengthening data privacy safeguards per bill's explicit definition of 'entity'.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Nov 25, 2025 Signed May 29, 2026
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Version adopted by both bodies → CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION · 3 edits
MINOR
No substantive policy changes were made between the version adopted by both bodies and the final chaptered version. The changes are entirely technical: the bill was assigned Chapter 110, section numbers were updated to reflect the chapter (e.g., Section 1 became 110:1), the fiscal note was removed, and an approval date of May 28, 2026 was added. These are standard formatting steps that occur when a bill is enrolled as law.
TECHNICAL

Section numbers were renumbered from sequential (1, 2, 3) to chapter-prefixed format (110:1, 110:2, 110:3) to reflect the bill's assignment as Chapter 110.

The fiscal note section was removed from the final version, which is standard practice since fiscal notes are legislative process documents and not part of enacted law.

TIMELINE

An approval date of May 28, 2026 was added at the end of the bill, confirming when the governor signed it into law. The effective date of January 1, 2027 remains unchanged.

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 29, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 110; Effective 01/01/2027
upper
Apr 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 7
lower
Apr 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/20/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 5 P. 127
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment # 2026-0094s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0094s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0094s, 01/29/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 3
upper
Nov 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1
upper
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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