---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the New Hampshire insurance department's annual hearing requirement."
description: "relative to the New Hampshire insurance department's annual hearing requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 278 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b449e11c-bd91-4fac-ae8f-6b8e78fe2a94"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0530&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "bb0ef5586c61fd18c5a70e20f8d3ada09657e9fc1a8ee08dd48ac6a03961f77c"
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 278 (2019) — relative to the New Hampshire insurance department's annual hearing requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0064h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0064h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2019 10:00 am LOB302
- **2019-01-15** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/22/2019 11:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-01-15** Executive Session: 01/22/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0064h for 02/27/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Amendment # 2019-0064h: AA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 3
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0064h: MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 3 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing: 03/26/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 15
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2019; Vote 5-0; CC 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
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/10/2019; Chapter 7; Eff: 07/09/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b449e11c-bd91-4fac-ae8f-6b8e78fe2a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).