---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the commission on primary care workforce issues."
description: "relative to the commission on primary care workforce issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1506"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1506 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Marsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f2abf0-17dd-4fff-add4-06bfa7452e1a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2033&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "5a9da9521e55810741511fd6f5afefc2f671540f8af0b68ef21e1439792ca733"
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 1506 (2018) — relative to the commission on primary care workforce issues.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1504s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1504s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1046&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Sen. Gray Floor Amendment 1504s — **8–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- William M. Marsh — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 02:15 PM LOB 205
- **2018-02-21** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0251h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 12-7; RC) HC 9 P. 55 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2018-03-07** Amendment # 2018-0251h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 7 P. 22
- **2018-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0251h: MA DV 215-108 03/06/2018 HJ 7 P. 30 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 14
- **2018-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1275s, 04/05/2018; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Special Order to 04/19/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/05/2018 SJ 11
- **2018-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1275s, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Committee Amendment # 2018-1275s, DIV 10Y-8N, AA; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2018-1504s, RC 8Y-14N, AF; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1275s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1275s (Rep. Kotowski): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/12/2018; Chapter 248; Eff. 6/12/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f2abf0-17dd-4fff-add4-06bfa7452e1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).