---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the group and individual health insurance market."
description: "relative to the group and individual health insurance market."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 4 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Feltes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716e8675-85ea-432d-8b15-07b3ad360378"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1101&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "490398cdb9a281b167c4f0377f580783378a872402ed05e2ae94bd539372ac81"
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 4 (2019) — relative to the group and individual health insurance market.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2379e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2379e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **213–137** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Feltes — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Edward A. Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Dietsch — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — 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`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 101, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 9
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1176s, 03/27/2019; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Special Order to the beginning of the regular calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/27/2019; SJ 10
- **2019-03-27** Committee Amendment # 2019-1176s, AA, VV; 03/27/2019; SJ 10
- **2019-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1176s, RC 22Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/27/2019; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-04-17** Full Committee Work Session: 04/25/2019 09:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-04-17** Executive Session: 04/25/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302
- **2019-04-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/08/2019 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 23 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA RC 213-137 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 64 `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2379e: AA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 41
- **2019-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2379e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 220; Effective 09/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/716e8675-85ea-432d-8b15-07b3ad360378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).