---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center."
description: "relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 488 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2385026-ac84-4396-bf66-ef6118d73fe2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2916&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "7220a23b567a962757b0ea8476321efdcc7fde8c038a5061103e8703f4126713"
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 488 (2018) — relative to licensure of health care professionals employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1665h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1665h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1932&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck W Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)
- Russell T. Ober — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — 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 Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: 01/25/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 4
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/01/2018; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306-308
- **2018-04-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/24/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1665h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 14-4; RC) HC 17 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1665h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1665h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2018; Chapter 0266; Effective 06/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2385026-ac84-4396-bf66-ef6118d73fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).