---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program."
description: "establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 404 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3569d8da-c391-40a6-8afd-353aba96a2bb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2963&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "0c1878d957f47d626926c4f3505eaddeb57d7235eb130c99237d8917a5537166"
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 404 (2022) — establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1386h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1386h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **226–76** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jess C. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — 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`
- **2022-01-06** Hearing: 01/26/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 2
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0317s, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0317s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0317s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **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 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/05/2022 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1386h (Vote 17-4; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Amendment # 1386h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1386h: MA RC 226-76 05/04/2022 HJ 12 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0233; Effective 06/17/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3569d8da-c391-40a6-8afd-353aba96a2bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).