---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to medical records of a deceased spouse or next of kin."
description: "relative to medical records of a deceased spouse or next of kin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 61 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eca0bfb-ae50-408d-9e83-63a7d0f94a30"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0781&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "85c3c2fab8a8ec51e9975212529dccca3664bb2271863c3a21b27f332df88a9c"
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 61 (2017) — relative to medical records of a deceased spouse or next of kin.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1293h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1293h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing: 01/24/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:40 pm; SC 7
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0792s, 03/16/2017; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2017-0792s, AA, VV; 03/16/2017; SJ 9
- **2017-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-0792s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2017; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Introduced 03/09/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 10 P. 76 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/28/2017 10:30 AM LOB 205
- **2017-03-29** Executive Session: 04/04/2017 09:30 AM LOB 205
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1293h for 04/20/2017 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Amendment # 2017-1293h: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 4
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1293h: MA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 4 `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled (In recess 05/18/2017); SJ 18
- **2017-05-24** Enrolled 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 9
- **2017-06-13** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2017; Chapter 0108; Effective 01/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eca0bfb-ae50-408d-9e83-63a7d0f94a30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).