---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to positions within the insurance department."
description: "relative to positions within the insurance department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 470 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f4c38d-acdc-455e-b1cf-b98cc64a56ac"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2820&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "d0c8c0a5453c0d2b06b15366db37439778d55a985589f1d7827642295a0da125"
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 470 (2018) — relative to positions within the insurance department.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1836&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 3
- **2018-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 11:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 11:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 9 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Finance 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 9
- **2018-04-12** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 26
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-04** Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0140; Effective 05/30/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4f4c38d-acdc-455e-b1cf-b98cc64a56ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).