---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to medical freedom in immunizations and establishing a committee to examine the policy of medical intervention including immunizations."
description: "relative to medical freedom in immunizations and establishing a committee to examine the policy of medical intervention including immunizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 220"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 220 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec86c03-4234-4a8a-bed0-4f9c40a78415"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0206&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "7e7380e94425eff4e788d2c1c000e372ec9649835e9611579e2293d1f5cefe57"
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 220 (2021) — relative to medical freedom in immunizations and establishing a committee to examine the policy of medical intervention including immunizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1595s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1595s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **198–162** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Lang — primary (person)
- Claire A. Rouillard — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Binford — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Hershel Nunez — cosponsor (person)
- Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M. Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — 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. 39 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92769044991 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee 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 # 2021-0575h (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 18 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0575h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 35
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0575h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 35 `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`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/14/2021, 09:45 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-05-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1595s, 05/27/2021; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Committee Amendment # 2021-1595s, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 05/27/2021; SJ 17
- **2021-05-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1595s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/27/2021; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1595s (Rep. M. Pearson): MA RC 198-162 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 131; Eff: 07/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec86c03-4234-4a8a-bed0-4f9c40a78415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).