---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status."
description: "prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1003 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leah P. Cushman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6e27df-2227-4564-9531-6d895f0c7de7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2209&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b095d629d09d62be26dd7de5dd484adb61cf133b7236925767b581dcf187bfb8"
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 1003 (2022) — prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0702h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0702h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Leah P. Cushman — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Blasek — cosponsor (person)
- Niki Kelsey — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/01/2022 1:00 p.m. LOB210-211
- **2022-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0702h (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0702h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Hearing: 03/23/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 12
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 52; Eff. 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6e27df-2227-4564-9531-6d895f0c7de7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).