---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the health care workforce."
description: "relative to the health care workforce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 403 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Rosenwald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d8bd11-cc81-4ea9-8447-c68b3239dc59"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2963&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "6d9a27214fb33ba185c48196661640926ee2e229748140271c8329add1b92812"
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 403 (2024) — relative to the health care workforce.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1533h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1533h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2054&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **188–178** (pass) · lower
- OTP — **241–122** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cindy Rosenwald — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schapiro — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** Hearing: 01/10/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 2
- **2024-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1004s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1004s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1004s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 10 P. 227 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/10/2024 11:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-04-12** Executive Session: 04/17/2024 03:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-25** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 04/24/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC) HC 17 P. 22
- **2024-05-02** Referred to Finance 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 57 `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Amendment # 2024-1533h: AA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 54
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1533h: MA RC 188-178 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 54 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Division I Work Session: 05/08/2024 10:40 am LOB 212
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/13/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/16/2024 (Vote 25-0; RC) HC 20 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA RC 241-122 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 70 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** I. Section 6 Effective 01/01/2025
- **2024-07-30** II. Remainder Effective 07/26/2024
- **2024-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0289 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d8bd11-cc81-4ea9-8447-c68b3239dc59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).