---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the state health improvement plan and the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council."
description: "relative to the state health improvement plan and the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 157 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jess C. Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c45818c7-b18c-40dd-b921-b63c19661780"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0242&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0f2a2cd8f16e965d02556068b15da1e22b998da918f23b1f4f454fd185bf3c77"
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 157 (2021) — relative to the state health improvement plan and the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0488h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0488h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jess C. Edwards — primary (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (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. 37 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/26/2021 01:00 pm 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** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0488h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0488h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 32
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0488h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 32 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/21/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/29/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 102
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled RC 23Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2021; Chapter 35; Eff: 05/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c45818c7-b18c-40dd-b921-b63c19661780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).