---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board."
description: "establishing a therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 477 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha Fuller Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f3346c1-7e16-4bd8-b87a-18084a6d1e03"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3017&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "3ad4dc3811272a7043a3eeb08f9c43c558eed717ee6d9b4e7737683c5a847ba7"
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 477 (2018) — establishing a therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1935e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1935e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2033&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Martha Fuller Clark — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Frank R. Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — 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`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: 01/24/2018, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 4
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0306s, 02/01/2018; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment # 2018-0306s, AA, VV; 02/01/2018; SJ 3
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0306s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 11:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-03-27** Executive Session: 03/27/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-03-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 15-5; RC) HC 13 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 15 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Referred to Executive Departments and Administration 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 15
- **2018-04-10** Public Hearing: 04/17/2018 10:15 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Executive Session: 04/24/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2018 (Vote 16-3; CC) HC 17 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1935e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1935e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0228; Effective 08/07/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f3346c1-7e16-4bd8-b87a-18084a6d1e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).