---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to employment contract restrictions upon certain health care providers."
description: "relative to employment contract restrictions upon certain health care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 473 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Sanborn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5d602c2-93cb-46de-95a9-dcd1cfda5848"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2754&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "6742518956e02f9e9bc06c9935e5d7a6ab1a2774eb7ec760c448008fcc2e4143"
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 473 (2018) — relative to employment contract restrictions upon certain health care providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1596h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1596h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1770&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Andy Sanborn — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen F. Souza — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 102, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 2
- **2018-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/04/2018 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-04-04** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/11/2018 01:45 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1596h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 13-6; RC) HC 17 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1596h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1596h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Avard, Fuller Clark; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Hunt, Butler, Plumer, Schwaegler 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/15/2018, 12:00 pm, Room 103, LOB
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1998c Filed 05/17/2018; As Amended by the House
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1998c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1998c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0322; Effective 06/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5d602c2-93cb-46de-95a9-dcd1cfda5848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).