---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the impact of financial initiatives for commercially insured members by drug manufacturers on prescription drug prices and health insurance premiums."
description: "establishing a committee to study the impact of financial initiatives for commercially insured members by drug manufacturers on prescription drug prices and health insurance premiums."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 656"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 656 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae84b98e-4016-4b75-9462-b8489144b54d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0799&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "4d395e63173dd4b632464c1d969904720283cd46591cbb523bded05f04a1c5c0"
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 656 (2019) — establishing a committee to study the impact of financial initiatives for commercially insured members by drug manufacturers on prescription drug prices and health insurance premiums.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2389s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2389s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/19/2019 10:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2019 10:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2019 02:30 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-28** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/08/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2019 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/19/2019 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 16 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass: MA DV 205-131 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 74 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Hearing: 05/07/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 21
- **2019-05-28** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Morgan Moved to Remove HB 656 from the Consent Calendar; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Rereferred to Committee, MF, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Morgan Moved Ought to Pass; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Morgan Floor Amendment # 2019-2389s, AA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2389s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2389s (Rep. Butler): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 2
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2019; Chapter 267; Eff: 07/19/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae84b98e-4016-4b75-9462-b8489144b54d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).