---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to administration of psychotropic medications to children in foster care."
description: "relative to administration of psychotropic medications to children in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 120 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/908304ed-744b-42a5-8ddb-7361abf5c854"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0052&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "e12c1f2af3e1cb70760e67e76d129a665dba02144805c72255ab46b5b09901e6"
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 HB 120 (2021) — relative to administration of psychotropic medications to children in foster care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-2064e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-2064e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- William M. Marsh — primary (person)
- Betty I. Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey C. Salloway — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schapiro — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Leah P. Cushman — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 36 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Public Hearing: 03/04/2021 10:45 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94672611666 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-11** Executive Session: 03/11/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91927749754
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0517h (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 18 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0517h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 2
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0517h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/14/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1179s, 04/29/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Committee Amendment # 2021-1179s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/29/2021; SJ 13
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1179s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1179h (Rep. Rice): MA DV 204-154 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 1
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2064e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-2064eba: AA VV (in recess of) 06/24/2021 HJ 11
- **2021-07-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/10/2021; Chapter 182; I. Sec. 12 Eff: 01/01/2023 II. Rem. Eff: 01/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/908304ed-744b-42a5-8ddb-7361abf5c854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).