---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the prescription drug affordability board."
description: "relative to the prescription drug affordability board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 450 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522d9107-9ff0-4257-a60c-bb5b4a51b962"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3071&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "7577a9caabf41b0a9b9a144d8ff419d4a90add242f4b638270d5dffb62a0eb91"
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 450 (2022) — relative to the prescription drug affordability board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1254s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1254s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **173–161** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — 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, 11:00 am; SC 3
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1202s, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1202s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Sherman Floor Amendment # 2022-1254s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1202s and 2022-1254s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/25/2022 11:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Executive Session: 04/25/2022 11:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-26** Majority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study (Vote 10-9; RC)
- **2022-04-26** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2022-05-04** Refer for Interim Study: MF DV 164-168 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA RC 173-161 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Reconsider SB450 (Rep. Goley): MF DV 157-175 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **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 0244; 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/522d9107-9ff0-4257-a60c-bb5b4a51b962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).