---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to transparency and standards for acquisition transactions in health care."
description: "relative to transparency and standards for acquisition transactions in health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 552 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f3e4bd-99b3-4e09-9fc3-6a8774c62439"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0432&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "84105dcecbabd3b71883e628ec641f81d57f32f035eb35e6e6858918a99cccf0"
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 552 (2019) — relative to transparency and standards for acquisition transactions in health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2557e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2557e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **207–148** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/24/2019 01:00 pm LOB 208
- **2019-01-31** Full Committee Work Session: 02/06/2019 01:00 pm LOB 208
- **2019-02-05** Executive Session: 02/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 208
- **2019-02-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0475h for 03/07/2019 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0475h: AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 47
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0475h: MA RC 207-148 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 47 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Hearing: 05/21/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:40 am; SC 23
- **2019-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2335s, 05/30/2019; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment # 2019-2335s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2335s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2335s (Rep. M. Smith): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 10
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2557e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2557e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 54
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-30** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2019; Chapter 293; Eff: 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f3e4bd-99b3-4e09-9fc3-6a8774c62439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).