---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines."
description: "relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 572"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 572 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Merchant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9d2601-e7ff-4d2f-8f67-12c79330c27c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0708&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "56657c35d3316f3cc987ce04c36fae0b3d344eee436cd1f3a7bb4f1ccf8bfed1"
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 572 (2021) — relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2053e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-2053e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Gary Merchant — primary (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 54 `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** 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 # 2021-0576h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0576h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 35
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0576h: 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`
- **2021-04-21** Remote Hearing: 04/28/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 21
- **2021-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1464s, 05/20/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee Amendment # 2021-1464s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1464s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1464s (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 12
- **2021-07-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2053e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2053e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **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 192; Eff: 11/08/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d9d2601-e7ff-4d2f-8f67-12c79330c27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).