---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to costs of blood testing orders."
description: "relative to costs of blood testing orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1740"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1740 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John B. Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-17"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca2aa901-74df-49f7-8362-4a9a5d495c87"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2627&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "cb484bfd3fd254238bfddeb6fdfa6d95465392e99ba69c8ed57a2299e06b4a1b"
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 1740 (2018) — relative to costs of blood testing orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1950e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1950e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1640&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John B. Hunt — primary (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-17** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-02-06** Executive Session: 01/31/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0331h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 7 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0331h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 4
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0331h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1760s, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2018-1760s, AF, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1950e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1950e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 201; Eff. 6/8/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca2aa901-74df-49f7-8362-4a9a5d495c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).