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+type: "Bill"
+title: "relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination."
+description: "relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
+legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 1609"
+citation: "New Hampshire HB 1609 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dan H. Wolf"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-12-22"
+last_action: "2022-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5728a2d-67f2-4095-be41-53adebed49e7"
+source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2099&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
+source_hash: "184b2af5dbb51785e237fea96d8e9e093c3ec69a937569bab51d0283be47ae63"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
+---
+
+# New Hampshire HB 1609 (2022) — relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment #2022-1680s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1680s&txtFormat=amend)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Amendment — **10–14** (fail) · upper
+- OTP — **179–174** (pass) · lower
+- Ought to Pass — **19–5** (pass) · upper
+- OTPA — **231–114** (pass) · lower
+- Take From Table — **178–175** (pass) · lower
+- Table — **177–176** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan H. Wolf — primary (person)
+- Bonnie D. Ham — cosponsor (person)
+- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
+- James C. Allard — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Depalma IV — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-22** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-12** Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 09:50 am LOB 210-211
+- **2022-01-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # Majority 2022-0048h (NT) (Vote 11-10; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-21** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
+- **2022-02-01** Executive Session: 01/18/2022 09:30 am LOB 205-207
+- **2022-02-17** Amendment # 2022-0048h: AF DV 175-177 02/17/2022 HJ 4
+- **2022-02-17** Referred to Finance 02/17/2022 HJ 4
+- **2022-02-18** Lay on Table (Rep. Baldasaro): MA RC 177-176 02/17/2022
+- **2022-02-18** Remove from Table (Rep. Weber): MA RC 178-175 02/17/2022 HJ 4
+- **2022-02-18** Ought to Pass: MA RC 179-174 02/17/2022 HJ 4 `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
+- **2022-03-11** Division III Work Session: 03/14/2022 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
+- **2022-03-18** ==CONTINUED== Division III Work Session: 03/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
+- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1209h (NT) (Vote 20-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-31** Amendment # 2022-1209h (NT): AA DV 319-25 03/31/2022 HJ 9
+- **2022-03-31** Lay HB1609 on Table (Rep. Love): MF DV 101-243 03/31/2022 HJ 9
+- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1209h: MA RC 231-114 03/31/2022 HJ 9 `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15
+- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-21** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Remove HB 1609 from the Consent Calendar; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
+- **2022-04-21** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2022-1680s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
+- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: RC 19Y-5N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
+- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
+- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
+- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 119; Eff. 05/27/2022 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5728a2d-67f2-4095-be41-53adebed49e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).
+