---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to an electronic prescription drug program and establishing licensure and requirements for licensed social workers, licensed social work associates, and social work conditional licenses."
description: "relative to an electronic prescription drug program and establishing licensure and requirements for licensed social workers, licensed social work associates, and social work conditional licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Merchant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd0c2ee4-f39b-4196-beaa-9ffee4691294"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0105&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0fe0f219b82166dfc0c36eebb40ad445461cfa6448f5965911c3ba15635660c1"
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 143 (2021) — relative to an electronic prescription drug program and establishing licensure and requirements for licensed social workers, licensed social work associates, and social work conditional licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1589s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1589s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **243–114** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Merchant — 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`
- **2021-02-16** Public Hearing: 02/16/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94563888809 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-02** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0444h (Vote 19-2; RC) HC 18 P. 47 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Amendment # 2021-0444h: AA VV 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 75
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0444h: MA RC 243-114 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 75 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Remote Hearing: 05/05/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 22
- **2021-05-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1589s, 05/27/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1589s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/27/2021; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Committee Amendment # 2021-1589s, AA, VV; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1589s (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2021-07-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/10/2021; Chapter 183; I. Sec 1-5 Eff: 01/01/2022 II. Sec. 6-8 Eff: 10/09/2021 III. Rem. Eff: 09/09/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd0c2ee4-f39b-4196-beaa-9ffee4691294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).