---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to requirements for supervision for licensure of certain mental health anddrug counselors."
description: "relative to requirements for supervision for licensure of certain mental health anddrug counselors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 239 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22907fe7-0e60-472c-b9da-ae7d3b8dceab"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0223&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "2437d9c4be56ff7db1384911afbb045c82bf48729ea2855cbb4730b7952aa5dd"
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 239 (2019) — relative to requirements for supervision for licensure of certain mental health anddrug counselors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2047s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2047s&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`
- **2019-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 11:00 am LOB 303
- **2019-01-23** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2019 10:30 am LOB 104
- **2019-01-30** Executive Session: 02/07/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-01-31** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 02/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 212
- **2019-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0011h (NT) for 02/27/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 13 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Amendment # 2019-0011h (NT): AA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 15
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0011h (NT): MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 15 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 05/15/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 20
- **2019-05-02** ==RESCHEDULED== Hearing: 05/16/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 21
- **2019-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2041s, 05/23/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Sen. Carson Moved to Remove HB 239 from the Consent Calendar; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2041s, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2041s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2019-2047s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2019-2041s and 2019-2047s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2041s and 2047s (Rep. Weber): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 9
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 207; Eff: 09/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22907fe7-0e60-472c-b9da-ae7d3b8dceab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).