---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the newborn home visiting program."
description: "relative to the newborn home visiting program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 274 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e32a5b1-6b45-49e0-9efd-b69be63209ba"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1022&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "38aaebcfd6083602755a0c1b3a845784fcc546a146e3f628511b75c52497ad40"
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 274 (2019) — relative to the newborn home visiting program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1396h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1396h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — 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)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Skip Berrien — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 101, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 10
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0499s, 02/21/2019; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Amendment # 2019-0499s, AA, VV; 02/21/2019; SJ 6
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0499s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1396h for 05/02/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 22 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1396h: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 6
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1396h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 6 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 6
- **2019-05-07** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 05/02/2019
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Sherman Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **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 the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 285; 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/7e32a5b1-6b45-49e0-9efd-b69be63209ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).