---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to reporting of health care associated infections."
description: "relative to reporting of health care associated infections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 131 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Woods"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f55b4743-2bef-46bb-b70d-a757ed01ac4a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0083&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0547e072718f1b93b1b54280414350d6e0595601f79817520ef9212dc853fdc7"
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 HB 131 (2021) — relative to reporting of health care associated infections.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTP — **230–130** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 36 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/26/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94852322897 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time thecommittee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-02** Executive Session: 03/02/2021 12:30 pm Members of the public may attend using the following links:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99282187833
- **2021-03-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-3; RC) HC 18 P. 47 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: MA RC 230-130 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 73 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Remote Hearing: 04/28/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 21
- **2021-05-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/20/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/10/2021); SJ 19
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2021; Chapter 79; Eff: 08/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f55b4743-2bef-46bb-b70d-a757ed01ac4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).