---
type: "Bill"
title: "making hormonal contraceptives available directly from pharmacists by means of a standing order."
description: "making hormonal contraceptives available directly from pharmacists by means of a standing order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1822"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1822 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mariellen J. MacKay"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11484f64-ac8a-405f-9ffb-9ff637280ac0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3030&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "5c1e64e0867b220edee21c8c94ba5bb5e7a646fd160ef6ecba56e705776de508"
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 1822 (2018) — making hormonal contraceptives available directly from pharmacists by means of a standing order.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1947e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1947e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2046&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- ITL — **76–265** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mariellen J. MacKay — primary (person)
- Donald L. LeBrun — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James R. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne M. Ober — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/11/2018 11:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-01-23** Full Committee Work Session: 01/25/2018 09:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-01-26** Executive Session: 01/25/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-01-31** Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/07/2018 (Vote 13-8; RC) HC 5 P. 24
- **2018-01-31** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2018-02-08** Inexpedient to Legislate: MF RC 76-265 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 48
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 50 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 50
- **2018-02-14** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 03/06/2018 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 03/13/2018 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 03/13/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-02** Public Hearing: 03/14/2018 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-03-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/14/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-07** Executive Session: 03/15/2018 12:00 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1118h for 03/21/2018 (Vote 10-6; RC) HC 11 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-03-22** Amendment # 2018-1118h: AA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1118h: MA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 21 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 15
- **2018-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/12/2018; SJ 12
- **2018-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/19/2018 SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to 05/02/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `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** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1947e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1947e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 205; I. Sections 4-7 eff. 1/1/2019; II. Rem. eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11484f64-ac8a-405f-9ffb-9ff637280ac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).