---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring criminal history records checks for applicants for allied health professional licensure or certification."
description: "requiring criminal history records checks for applicants for allied health professional licensure or certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1530"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1530 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard M. Moffett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e59f344e-8856-4cc2-836b-0b561c0df100"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2689&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "b207992731bc2ca6651edcf56a2132ce22ef45924cb6afe21866d2e1bf2840da"
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 1530 (2018) — requiring criminal history records checks for applicants for allied health professional licensure or certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1778s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1778s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1702&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard M. Moffett — primary (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/01/2018 01:30 PM LOB 306
- **2018-02-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/09/2018 01:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-03-01** Executive Session: 02/28/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0807h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0807h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 36
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0807h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 36 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1778s, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2018-1778s, AA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1778s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1778s (Rep. McGuire): 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 250; Eff. 8/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e59f344e-8856-4cc2-836b-0b561c0df100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).