---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the operation of a state forensic psychiatric hospital."
description: "relative to the operation of a state forensic psychiatric hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 391 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Rosenwald"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/639af803-df59-41b0-ad97-efc04c0c26ad"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3022&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "429be53ed5c1041eee5c0fd21f07ac562fe3ba7be9bb5a5dfa650440a2df9576"
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 391 (2022) — relative to the operation of a state forensic psychiatric hospital.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Cindy Rosenwald — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: 02/02/2022, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 4
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-08** Executive Session: 04/05/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 10 `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 0096; 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/639af803-df59-41b0-ad97-efc04c0c26ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).