---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an advisory council on lactation."
description: "establishing an advisory council on lactation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 478 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha Fuller Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661eaefc-5ade-42ad-851c-28d0fd908352"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3014&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "2c4c9661e274d861e6197c68d0bbd846cfcf1b5dcb89a2a4c7ee272a358c2f31"
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 478 (2018) — establishing an advisory council on lactation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1963e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1963e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2030&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Martha Fuller Clark — primary (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca McBeath — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: 02/13/2018, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 7
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0977s, 03/08/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment # 2018-0977s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0977s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 01:00 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 # 2018-1351h for 04/26/2018 (Vote 22-0; CC) HC 16 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Amendment # 2018-1351h: AA VV 04/26/2018
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1351h: 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 Bill Amendment # 2018-1963e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1963e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0260 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-18** I. Section 3 Effective 12/01/2020
- **2018-06-18** II. Remainder shall take effect 06/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/661eaefc-5ade-42ad-851c-28d0fd908352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).