---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to unclassified positions within the department of health and human services."
description: "relative to unclassified positions within the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 578 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bf055ef-2ae0-4d93-bab4-3fc102a65cec"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2962&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "61cc11e517f45a6b3debe8f15a0f31705a229537368588a667472ffcb91fe0ab"
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 578 (2018) — relative to unclassified positions within the department of health and human services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2084e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2084e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1978&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- John Sytek — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Hearing: 01/31/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:35 am; SC 5
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/15/2018; SC 12A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Introduced 03/15/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 8 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/29/2018 02:30 PM LOB 306
- **2018-03-28** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 11:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 16-1; CC) HC 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Referred to Finance 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 5
- **2018-04-19** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2018-1647h: 04/24/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Division I Work Session: 04/24/2018 10:10 AM LOB 212
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1757h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 26-0; CC) HC 17 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1757h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1757h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-24** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2084e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2084e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0335; Effective 06/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bf055ef-2ae0-4d93-bab4-3fc102a65cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).