---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to mental health parity under the insurance laws."
description: "relative to mental health parity under the insurance laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 272 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9811714a-d702-4f29-8874-a19b3d6b2350"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0921&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "f4ae606ae53d27458b57beaccb0ad83ea2170caf6d85a292bd83386fdd53910a"
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 272 (2019) — relative to mental health parity under the insurance laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2139h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2139h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 9
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0391s, 02/21/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Amendment # 2019-0391s, AA, VV; 02/21/2019; SJ 6
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0391s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/24/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-05-01** Full Committee Work Session: 05/07/2019 09:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-08** Executive Session: 05/21/2019 11:00 am LOB 302
- **2019-05-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2139h (NT) for 06/05/2019 (Vote 14-5; RC) HC 27 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-2139h (NT): AF VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 51
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 51 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 283; Effective 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/9811714a-d702-4f29-8874-a19b3d6b2350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).