---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to mental health training for first responders."
description: "relative to mental health training for first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 357 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/862f5b9c-2338-4346-92ef-4e876add3f6e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3008&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "ec6395c02cb0c07ddccdb52d8900a10c9cb2063bbaa0637611ea36b07b5f79a1"
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 357 (2022) — relative to mental health training for first responders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1625h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1625h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen C. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy A. Soucy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/19/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; 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: 04/12/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1625h (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1625h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1625h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Carson 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
- **2022-07-13** I. Section 5 Effective 11/01/2023
- **2022-07-13** II. Remainder Effective 09/06/2022
- **2022-07-13** Signed by the Governor on 07/08/2022; Chapter 0331 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/862f5b9c-2338-4346-92ef-4e876add3f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).