---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licensing of speech-language specialists."
description: "relative to licensing of speech-language specialists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1016 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93779e77-348f-4008-befa-774fe0a63e18"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2009&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "747ac941a0be38df0ccba8c74bd2c836590d3fafd154b3a6a165cf29cb410cd9"
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 1016 (2022) — relative to licensing of speech-language specialists.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1228E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1228E&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/20/2022 2:30 p.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-02-02** Executive Session: 01/20/2022 02:00 pm LOB302-304
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0091h (NT) (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0091h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment # 2022-0091h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Hearing: 03/09/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2022-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1228e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 03/24/2022); SJ 7
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1228EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-04-07** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/31/2022); SJ 8
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/31/2022
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/18/2022; Chapter 21; EFF.06/17/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93779e77-348f-4008-befa-774fe0a63e18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).