---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the therapeutic use of cannabis."
description: "relative to the therapeutic use of cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 380 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecf9ff9-a2cc-4bfd-be1b-26186e667c48"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2816&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "54e5e59f1a70befbd9e729dcda0f0b2ab5730ca382ee65a243b0359e942e846b"
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 SB 380 (2018) — relative to the therapeutic use of cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1268h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1268h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1832&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bill G. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James R. MacKay — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Verville — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing: 01/11/2018, Room 102, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 2
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0107s, 01/18/2018; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0107s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0107s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 01:15 PM LOB 205
- **2018-04-11** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1268h for 04/26/2018 (Vote 22-1; CC) HC 16 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1268h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1268h: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0219; Effective 06/08/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ecf9ff9-a2cc-4bfd-be1b-26186e667c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).