---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the treatment of glaucoma."
description: "relative to the treatment of glaucoma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 284 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb782e7-b5be-4621-9cde-9eace36796bb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2906&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "d13c16255fdca8849d28e49a72af5c1337d4f4f602d16efab21447026bada652"
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 284 (2022) — relative to the treatment of glaucoma.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Lundgren — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yakubovich — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — 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: 01/13/2022, Room Representatives Hall, SH, 09:00 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: 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 11:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/11/2022 11:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `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 the Governor on 05/20/2022; Chapter 0091; Effective 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afb782e7-b5be-4621-9cde-9eace36796bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).