---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the secure psychiatric unit to be accredited as a behavioral health facility."
description: "requiring the secure psychiatric unit to be accredited as a behavioral health facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1565 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Renny Cushing"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-11-09"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87083297-c1cd-463b-ae81-cbad7520fe22"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2184&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "c87dda1dadc932db13751982e75d4f124dfe66393a3c3640c14b8eb19b965eb8"
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 1565 (2018) — requiring the secure psychiatric unit to be accredited as a behavioral health facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2119e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2119e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1197&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Concur — **158–183** (fail) · lower
- Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment 1874s — **10–14** (fail) · upper
- Sen. Hennessey Floor Amendment 1804s — **10–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Renny Cushing — primary (person)
- Jerry Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- John Fothergill — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Guthrie — cosponsor (person)
- Linda L. Tanner — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Martin N. Bove — cosponsor (person)
- Mindi F. Messmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 02:30 PM LOB 306
- **2018-01-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/24/2018 02:00 PM LOB 308
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0348h (NT) for 02/22/2018 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 7 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0348h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 32
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0348h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 32 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 14
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1636s, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2018-1636s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Hennessey Floor Amendment # 2018-1804s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1636s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Feltes Floor Amendment # 2018-1874s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1636s (Rep. McGuire): MF RC 158-183 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1636s and Requests CofC (Rep. Cushing): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. McGuire, P. Schmidt, Sytek, Beaudoin 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Gray, Fuller Clark; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/14/2018 01:30 PM LOB 306
- **2018-05-16** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-1981c; 05/16/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1981c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1981c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2119e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2119e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-11** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-07-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 353; Eff. 07/02/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87083297-c1cd-463b-ae81-cbad7520fe22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).