---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure."
description: "requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 407 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97402e64-a994-4dbb-82c7-34c7cad92e4c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0762&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "b15957879a74cb0b08e46b2de96a44023a3ba79d6b10c8b07f1d8c4eae2d5d73"
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 407 (2018) — requiring workers' compensation to cover prophylactic treatment for exposure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2453h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2017-2453h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=761&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 11:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-01-31** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/07/2017 11:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-02-09** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/15/2017 12:15 PM LOB 307
- **2017-03-01** Executive Session: 03/01/2017 LOB 307
- **2017-03-01** Retained in Committee
- **2017-06-08** Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 06/20/2017 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-09-26** Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 10/05/2017 01:00 PM LOB 307
- **2017-10-11** Executive Session: 10/31/2017 10:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-11-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2453h for 01/03/2018 (Vote 19-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Special Order to 1/9/2018 Without Objection HJ 1 P. 104
- **2018-01-09** Amendment # 2017-2453h: AA VV 01/09/2018 HJ 2 P. 39
- **2018-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2453h: MA VV 01/09/2018 HJ 2 P. 39 `passage`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Finance 01/09/2018 HJ 2 P. 39
- **2018-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-01-11** ==RECESSED== Division I Work Session: 01/18/2018 11:30 AM LOB 212
- **2018-01-18** ==CONTINUED== Division I Work Session: 01/23/2018 01:30 PM LOB212
- **2018-01-24** Division I Work Session: 01/31/2018 01:00 PM LOB 212
- **2018-02-06** Division I Work Session: 02/20/2018 10:30 AM LOB 212
- **2018-03-02** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/14/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-03-05** ==CANCELLED== Division I Work Session: 03/13/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-03-12** ==RESCHEDULED== Division I Work Session: 03/14/2018 10:05 AM LOB 212
- **2018-03-15** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/14/2018 LOB 210-211
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0817h for 03/21/2018 (Vote 26-0; CC) HC 11 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Amendment # 2017-2453h: AA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 2
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2453h: MA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Reconsider HB 407 (Rep. Kurk): MA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 16
- **2018-03-21** FLAM # 2018-0817h (Rep. Kurk): AA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 17
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0817h: MA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 17 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 16
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: 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** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 166; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97402e64-a994-4dbb-82c7-34c7cad92e4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).