---
type: "Bill"
title: "reforming New Hampshire's Medicaid and Premium Assistance Program, establishing the granite workforce pilot program, and relative to certain liquor funds."
description: "reforming New Hampshire's Medicaid and Premium Assistance Program, establishing the granite workforce pilot program, and relative to certain liquor funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 313 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf48b378-27b2-4fd7-89a3-38dc394693f6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2956&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9e9cf04adf57573ee46561078e24d27c2739d0ee51cf0d1686abfb743a11240f"
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 313 (2018) — reforming New Hampshire's Medicaid and Premium Assistance Program, establishing the granite workforce pilot program, and relative to certain liquor funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2086e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2086e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1972&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **222–125** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Sanborn Floor Amendment 1030s — **5–19** (fail) · upper
- Sen. Giuda Floor Amendment 0998s — **7–17** (fail) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **303–29** (pass) · lower
- Committee Amendment 0984s — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment 1036s — **10–14** (fail) · upper
- Concur — **16–6** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **43–302** (fail) · lower
- Adopt Amendment — **208–133** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Amendment — **92–236** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Chuck W Morse — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank R. Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Finance; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Hearing: 02/20/2018, Room Reps Hall, SH, 01:30 pm, on proposed amendment # 2018-0700s; SC 8A
- **2018-02-16** Please Note: This hearing will be streamed live via the Internet at the following web address: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00288/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20180220/1024/15265
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0984s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to 5:00 PM, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to After SB 422, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment # 2018-0984s, RC 18Y-6N, AA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment # 2018-1036s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Sen. Sanborn Floor Amendment # 2018-1030s, RC 5Y-19N, AF; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Sen. Giuda Floor Amendment # 2018-0998s, RC 7Y-17N, AF; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-1022s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2018-0984s, and 2018-1022s, RC 17Y-7N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 10:00 AM State House Reps Hall
- **2018-03-21** Executive Session: 03/28/2018 02:00 PM LOB 205
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1282h for 04/05/2018 (Vote 21-0; RC) HC 13 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Amendment # 2018-1282h: AA RC 208-133 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 8
- **2018-04-05** FLAM # 2018-1306h (Rep. McConnell): AF RC 43-302 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 11
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1282h: MA RC 222-125 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 13 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/06/2018 11:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/09/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/10/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** ==TIME CHANGE== Division III Work Session: 04/11/2018 01:15 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-06** Referred to Finance 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 15
- **2018-04-12** Division III Work Session: 04/16/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-18** Division III Work Session: 04/20/2018 02:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-18** Division III Work Session: 04/19/2018 02:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-18** ==TIME CHANGE== Division III Work Session: 04/23/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-18** Division III Work Session: 04/24/2018 11:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Division III Work Session: 04/20/2018 02:05 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1769h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 24-2; RC) HC 17 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Amendment # 2018-1769h: AA RC 303-29 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-03** FLAM # 2018-1854h (NT) (Rep. Hoell): AF RC 92-236 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1769h: MA VV 05/03/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 16Y-6N, MA; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-24** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2086e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2086e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 06/28/2018; Chapter 0342 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-10** I. Paragraph II of Section 24 shall take effect 12/01/2022
- **2018-07-10** II. Paragraph III and VII of Section 24 shall take effect 12/31/2023
- **2018-07-10** III. Section 1 shall take effect 06/28/2018
- **2018-07-10** IV. RSA 126-AA:2, II(b) as inserted by Section 1, shall take effect as provided in Section 21
- **2018-07-10** V. Section 3-9 shall take effect 01/01/2019
- **2018-07-10** VI. Remainder Effective 12/31/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf48b378-27b2-4fd7-89a3-38dc394693f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).