---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to dispensary locations for therapeutic cannabis."
description: "relative to dispensary locations for therapeutic cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 388 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75df7cc1-77f8-418f-8bc6-989dc6aebba6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2870&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e729019368646e4763d7c6d33fa8074ed5eb5ce2b585abce4492cadb98102681"
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 388 (2018) — relative to dispensary locations for therapeutic cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1086s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1086s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1886&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment 1086 — **12–12** (fail) · upper
- Sen. Kahn Floor Amendment 1086s — **13–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bill G. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Knirk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 100, SH, 10:20 am; SC 48
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0952s, 03/08/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Sen. Kahn Moved to Remove SB 388 from the Consent Calendar; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0952s, 03/14/2018; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2018-0952s, AA, VV; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Sen. Kahn Floor Amendment # 2018-1086s, RC 12Y-12N, AF; 03/14/2018; SJ 7
- **2018-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0952s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/14/2018; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Sen. Woodburn Moved to Reconsider the following action taken by this Body: Rescind Order to the Committee on Finance, Reconsider the Vote on Ought to Pass with Amendment and Reconsider the vote on Floor Amendment 2018-1086s, MA VV; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Sen. Kahn Floor Amendment # 2018-1086s, RC 13Y-11N, AA; 03/15/2018; SJ 8
- **2018-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2018-0952s, and 2018-1086s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/22/2018; SC 13A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/22/2018; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 10 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/11/2018 11:00 AM LOB 206
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/26/2018 (Vote 23-0; CC) HC 16 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0126; Effective 07/29/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75df7cc1-77f8-418f-8bc6-989dc6aebba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).