---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention."
description: "relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 444 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7981eded-a2b8-4df1-9537-85ec4507986e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3040&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "7899f3c9d2af686cc3bca6c27bc7a92a65e4d0847a08af88c50db082c84f7586"
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 444 (2022) — relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2093e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2093e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Safiya Wazir — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing: 01/20/2022, Room 101, LOB, 10:45 am; SC 3
- **2022-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1056s, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-1056s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1056s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/31/2022; SC 13
- **2022-03-31** Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Whitley Moved Ought to Pass; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Whitley Floor Amendment # 2022-1297s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1297s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 11:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 11:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 15-6; RC) HC 15 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/26/2022 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2093EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2093e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **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 0243; Effective 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7981eded-a2b8-4df1-9537-85ec4507986e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).