---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing the New Hampshire rare disease advisory council."
description: "establishing the New Hampshire rare disease advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1415e04c-e3ae-4ee0-a7ec-3a31b801271e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0199&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "bc4bd1981d8396b8f81e3aabd8c4c321b65a7fb97727ea9b80e1143f16aed018"
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 HB 237 (2019) — establishing the New Hampshire rare disease advisory council.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0405h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0405h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/16/2019 01:30 pm LOB 205
- **2019-01-23** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-01-23** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/29/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-02-06** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 02/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-02-06** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/12/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0405h for 02/27/2019 (Vote 22-0; CC) HC 13 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Amendment # 2019-0405h: AA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 14
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0405h: MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 14 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** ==TIME CHANGE== Hearing: 04/02/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2019; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2019; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled (In recess 04/25/2019); SJ 15
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled 04/11/2019 HJ 13 P. 127
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2019; Chapter 24; Eff: 07/14/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1415e04c-e3ae-4ee0-a7ec-3a31b801271e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).