---
type: "Bill"
title: "adding physician assistants to certain New Hampshire laws."
description: "adding physician assistants to certain New Hampshire laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 225 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549bf609-044c-44bc-a9e3-2820175304ce"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1054&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "586d34ecdf5a2cda84db54c8f2a9cc1ef0d925721ec1bed0f31805ce88aa466b"
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 225 (2019) — adding physician assistants to certain New Hampshire laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1508h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1508h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: 01/29/2019, Room 101, LOB, 03:20 pm; SC 8
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/14/2019; SC 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/14/2019; SJ 5
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/14/2019; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 9 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/27/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-10** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1508h for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 22 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 31
- **2019-05-02** Removed from Consent (Rep. Marsh) 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 3
- **2019-05-08** Full Committee Work Session: 05/16/2019 09:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-08** Executive Session: 05/21/2019 11:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1508h: AF VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 31
- **2019-05-02** FLAM # 2019-1771h (Rep. Weber): AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 31
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1771h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 31 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 06/05/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 27 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 3 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Sherman Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 278; Effective 09/17/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/549bf609-044c-44bc-a9e3-2820175304ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).