---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study group home rate parity."
description: "establishing a committee to study group home rate parity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 474 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da53b2a7-1b37-4ecc-ba7c-71cbed058a2d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2794&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "6f7f74e6ad99849715dc4425ea1434b23223d3a4a33c4d039ddd3dbfb1305e5f"
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 474 (2018) — establishing a committee to study group home rate parity.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0600s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0600s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1810&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Frank R. Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mariellen J. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — 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`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing: 02/06/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 6
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove SB 474 from the Consent Calendar; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-0600s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0600s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/04/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 6 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0141; Effective 05/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da53b2a7-1b37-4ecc-ba7c-71cbed058a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).