---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to evaluate the direct care workforce and preparedness of long-term care and support services for aging adults with dementia or other cognitive brain injuries."
description: "establishing a commission to evaluate the direct care workforce and preparedness of long-term care and support services for aging adults with dementia or other cognitive brain injuries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 161 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bc8147-b773-431e-b7ec-7e96b4b114e3"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0982&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "e70a7a087a4ab303e03915c4f325efe0513f6785efbb07557a8f6dce31f5bfbf"
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 SB 161 (2017) — establishing a commission to evaluate the direct care workforce and preparedness of long-term care and support services for aging adults with dementia or other cognitive brain injuries.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1837e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1837e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 14
- **2017-03-13** Hearing: 03/20/2017, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0975s, 03/29/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Committee Amendment # 2017-0975s, AA, VV; 03/29/2017; SJ 11
- **2017-03-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0975s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/29/2017; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Introduced 03/23/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Public Hearing: 04/19/2017 10:15 AM LOB 205
- **2017-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2017 09:30 AM LOB 205
- **2017-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1524h for 05/04/2017 (Vote 22-0; CC) HC 22 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment # 2017-1524h: AA VV 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 5
- **2017-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1524h: MA VV 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1837e: AA VV 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 9
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1837e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/18/2017); SJ 18
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled (In recess 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 127
- **2017-06-19** Signed by the Governor on 06/16/2017; Chapter 0152 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-19** I. Section 2 Effective 12/01/2017
- **2017-06-19** II. Remainder Effective 06/16/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58bc8147-b773-431e-b7ec-7e96b4b114e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).