---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to senior-specific certifications or designations for securities broker-dealers."
description: "relative to senior-specific certifications or designations for securities broker-dealers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 348 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1b8f915-5614-497b-b98c-9af895ac1fc7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2725&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d3a01474aaee0ccf28b4ce6eb58b79d0471d430c8a9b97492ce53045f940ea9b"
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 348 (2018) — relative to senior-specific certifications or designations for securities broker-dealers.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1741&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Barbara Biggie — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth N. Gidge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-13** Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 48
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/01/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 50 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2018 10:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-03-28** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/03/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-03** Executive Session: 04/10/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 15 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** Signed by the Governor on 05/25/2018; Chapter 0106; Effective 07/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1b8f915-5614-497b-b98c-9af895ac1fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).