---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to pharmaceutical drug take-back programs."
description: "relative to pharmaceutical drug take-back programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 50 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23af4f78-8223-41cd-ba83-0903ae2ac61a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0892&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "1f5e49cf4f2a72415ae2033d443b4cff2444e9e333dc87a2263672e178853806"
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 SB 50 (2023) — relative to pharmaceutical drug take-back programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0295s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0295s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coker — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0295s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0295s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0295s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 11:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-04-12** Executive Session: 04/19/2023 11:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/19/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0058; Effective 07/31/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23af4f78-8223-41cd-ba83-0903ae2ac61a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).