---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to temporary licensure of allied health professionals from nearby states, and reciprocal and temporary licensure for occupations and professions for persons from other states."
description: "relative to temporary licensure of allied health professionals from nearby states, and reciprocal and temporary licensure for occupations and professions for persons from other states."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 334 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0226e421-e06e-4ea6-a128-c63e3983c72e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2809&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "25eabc1c4dfb0356a6c26ffb8a71a52d06f651faf8af20affb2418502b2292d0"
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 334 (2018) — relative to temporary licensure of allied health professionals from nearby states, and reciprocal and temporary licensure for occupations and professions for persons from other states.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1607h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1607h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1825&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **14–8** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **12–10** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment 0610s — **13–9** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Peter T. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Kent Campion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-08** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-13** Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 48
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0094s, 01/18/2018; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0094s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Pending Motion Ought to Pass with Amendment #2018-0094s; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0094s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0610s, 02/22/2018; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0610s, RC 13Y-9N, AA; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0610s, RC 14Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 02:00 PM LOB 203
- **2018-04-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/10/2018 09:00 AM LOB 308
- **2018-04-10** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2018 02:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-04-10** Executive Session: 04/24/2018 11:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1607h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 17 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1227h (NT)
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1607h: AA DV 239-90 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1607h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 12Y-10N, MA; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-26** Signed by the Governor on 06/21/2018; Chapter 0283 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-26** I. Section 3 Effective 01/01/2019
- **2018-06-26** II. Remainder Effective 08/20/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0226e421-e06e-4ea6-a128-c63e3983c72e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).