---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife."
description: "relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ab6647b-a82e-4e96-ad03-0cc181e94223"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0994&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "53ea2c9ed386ef1c785b6893ed92b17e237598c275e42b0532e5e66047b6d964"
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 83 (2023) — relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 7
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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 11:30 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 0061; 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/0ab6647b-a82e-4e96-ad03-0cc181e94223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).