---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to ophthalmic prescription requirements."
description: "relative to ophthalmic prescription requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1139 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel T. Veilleux"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7e2d627-000f-4e7a-9114-9d73c6723136"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2226&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "f21928edbda77272bedee57b9e42d63b053aa1e7360b0960227fd576349764ff"
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 1139 (2022) — relative to ophthalmic prescription requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1527s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1527s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Daniel T. Veilleux — primary (person)
- Peter Petrigno — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/07/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0963h (Vote 19-2; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0963h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0963h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:20 am; SC 14
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1527s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1527s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1527s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 298; eff. 01/01/2023 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7e2d627-000f-4e7a-9114-9d73c6723136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).