---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study allowing pharmacists to prescribe or make available via protocol oral contraceptives and certain related medications."
description: "establishing a commission to study allowing pharmacists to prescribe or make available via protocol oral contraceptives and certain related medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 264 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5330c6b1-9df1-4923-b291-97a96d16f0ff"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0632&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "459957778ce2d39cf89cb9eeda0bcca3826f6a22f18a32a556333eef5257db39"
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 264 (2017) — establishing a commission to study allowing pharmacists to prescribe or make available via protocol oral contraceptives and certain related medications.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-0119h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0119h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-30** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 11:00 AM LOB 205
- **2017-01-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/24/2017 09:15 AM LOB 205
- **2017-02-06** Executive Session: 02/01/2017 LOB 205
- **2017-02-06** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0119h (NT) for 02/15/2017 (Vote 10-6; RC) HC 11 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-02-15** Amendment # 2017-0119h: AA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 53
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0119h: MA DV 200-131 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 55 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 16
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/06/2017; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/06/2017; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled (In recess 04/06/2017); SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled 04/06/2017 HJ 13 P. 63
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/25/2017; Chapter 23; I. Sec. 2 eff. 12/1/2017 ; II. Rem. eff. 4/25/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5330c6b1-9df1-4923-b291-97a96d16f0ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).