---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the board of acupuncture licensing and relative to the qualifications for licensure as an acupuncturist."
description: "relative to the board of acupuncture licensing and relative to the qualifications for licensure as an acupuncturist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 282 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2d3aee-d8ec-476c-9e03-c103d25e7004"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2880&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "de63b00c17f5c9548f1e3378b30ea0663674622f3937d202daebd145e000ea6a"
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 282 (2022) — relative to the board of acupuncture licensing and relative to the qualifications for licensure as an acupuncturist.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1596h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1596h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-17** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0080s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0080s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0080s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/11/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/15/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-15** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/19/2022 09:30 am LOB 104
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1596h (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Executive Session: 04/19/2022 09:30 am LOB 104
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1596h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1596h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0213 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-22** I. Section 1-8 of this act shall take effect as provided in Section 9
- **2022-06-22** II. Remainder Effective 06/17/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2d3aee-d8ec-476c-9e03-c103d25e7004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).