---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licensure for the practice of professional art therapy and relative to certain revenues from the sale of commemorative liquor bottles of historic significance."
description: "relative to licensure for the practice of professional art therapy and relative to certain revenues from the sale of commemorative liquor bottles of historic significance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 535 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd5dc60-feb7-42ab-821b-0c5121a853de"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2854&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "88898c1734608403013fceccc33d387821545df8f1e59dab3bbfc88c1877ba61"
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 535 (2018) — relative to licensure for the practice of professional art therapy and relative to certain revenues from the sale of commemorative liquor bottles of historic significance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2117e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2117e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1870&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **169–157** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **174–156** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/24/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 4
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: 01/24/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:50 am, on proposed amendment # 2018-0169s; SC 4
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0522s, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2018-0522s Non-Germane, 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2018-0522s; 2/3 Necessary, MA; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0522s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0522s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/15/2018; SC 12A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Introduced 03/15/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 8 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 04/10/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-10** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 04/17/2018 11:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Executive Session: 04/24/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1690h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 11-7; RC) HC 17 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1690h: AA RC 169-157 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1690h: MA RC 174-156 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Carson Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Reagan, Carson, Soucy; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Proulx, McGuire, Hoell, Gagnon 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2018, 10:00 am, Room 103, SH ==RECESSED==
- **2018-05-16** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/17/2018, 12:00 pm, Room 103, SH
- **2018-05-16** Conferee Change: Rep. H. Marsh Replaces Rep. Proulx 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2068c Filed 05/17/2018; Senate Amendment + New Amendment
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2068c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2068c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2117e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2117e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-11** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-07-05** Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2018; Chapter 0365; Effective 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd5dc60-feb7-42ab-821b-0c5121a853de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).