---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 573 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aac6ce02-8b3d-4838-9d3d-59d09e91779c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2887&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "5e2ffb2f938487be384222cdf51417fc0cc8c8815a782caa0b18285b85e0966f"
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 573 (2018) — relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0426s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0426s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1903&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: 01/25/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 4
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: 01/25/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2018-0177s; SC 4
- **2018-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0426s, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0426s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0426s, 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 Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 8 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 03/28/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 13 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Referred to Finance 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 5
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/09/2018 11:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division III Work Session: 04/10/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-12** Executive Session: 04/18/2018 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-12** Division I Work Session: 04/17/2018 01:10 PM LOB 212
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/26/2018 (Vote 26-0; RC) HC 16 P. 12 `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 0158; Effective 07/29/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aac6ce02-8b3d-4838-9d3d-59d09e91779c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).