---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the impact of pharmacy benefit manager operations on cost, administration, and distribution of prescription drugs."
description: "establishing a committee to study the impact of pharmacy benefit manager operations on cost, administration, and distribution of prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 481 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00ff293-c8d0-4adc-88da-46c984a93657"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2904&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "430766210ff33565d48b7c9dbc1200d86d2b8ec0097e390bd3d5e2a07d5d4fc3"
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 481 (2018) — establishing a committee to study the impact of pharmacy benefit manager operations on cost, administration, and distribution of prescription drugs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0511s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0511s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1920&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- David Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Erin T. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — 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, 01:30 pm; SC 6
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0511s, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0511s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0511s, 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 02:00 PM LOB 205
- **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 16-4; RC) HC 16 P. 13 `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 0143; 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/f00ff293-c8d0-4adc-88da-46c984a93657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).