---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to mental health services and making appropriations therefor."
description: "relative to mental health services and making appropriations therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 11 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42d168f-5cef-40dd-b142-c10e9df695a1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1053&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "22b013216dca52094d1be726ef82968ddcaf97a05f91bd208dc08e792ab03b1b"
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 SB 11 (2019) — relative to mental health services and making appropriations therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0572s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0572s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred — **10–14** (fail) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 0213s — **10–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Dietsch — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing: 01/22/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 7
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0088s, 01/31/2019; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Amendment # 2019-0088s, AA, VV; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Without Objection, Sen. D'Allesandro Moved the Question, MA; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2019-0213s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Sen. Giuda Moved to Rerefer, RC 10Y-14N, MF; 01/31/2019; SJ 4
- **2019-01-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0088s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/31/2019; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0572s, 02/21/2019; SC 11A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Amendment # 2019-0572s, AA, VV; 02/21/2019; SJ 6
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0572s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Introduced 03/07/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 8 P. 61 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/26/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-03-20** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-03-27** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/02/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-03** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/09/2019 01:30 pm LOB 205
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 22 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 05/02/2019); SJ 16
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 100
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor on 05/21/2019; Chapter 0041 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** I. Section 6 Effective 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-21** II. Remainder Effective 05/21/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42d168f-5cef-40dd-b142-c10e9df695a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).