---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the practices of pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "relative to the practices of pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1746"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1746 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin T. Hennessey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-20"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71854c94-142f-453c-81cd-4bb1099dbfb0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2162&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "6eeae361b4cf4db564c61544564eb48d43ab989ce103ef27ae86a9e173810acd"
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 1746 (2018) — relative to the practices of pharmacy benefit managers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0692h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0692h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1175&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Erin T. Hennessey — primary (person)
- Daniel J. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Lundgren — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-20** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 09:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 11:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0692h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0692h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 20
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0692h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 20 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 13
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 92; I. Sec. 2 eff. 6/30/2020; II. Rem. eff. 5/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71854c94-142f-453c-81cd-4bb1099dbfb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).