---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a health care facility workplace violence prevention program."
description: "relative to a health care facility workplace violence prevention program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 459 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7606a33d-cf74-40ef-a315-1bcf979b4a5a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3129&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "e3b82c9340b9e0106e4da4154b934b7229fa65cc499fd0de7422f4b1118654a7"
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 459 (2022) — relative to a health care facility workplace violence prevention program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2104e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2104e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **182–146** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **264–64** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **220–87** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Hearing: 03/09/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am;
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1051s, 03/17/2022; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-1051s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1051s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: 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 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 12-9; RC) HC 15 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-04-21** FLAM # 2022-1678h (Reps. Layon, Perez): AA RC 182-146 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1678h: MA RC 264-64 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: 04/22/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/25/2022 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/26/2022 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-26** ==CONTINUED== Division Work Session: 04/27/2022 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1871h (Vote 18-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Amendment # 1871h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1871h: MA RC 220-87 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2104-EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2104e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-07-26** Signed by the Governor on 07/25/2022; Chapter 0340 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-26** I. Section 4 Effective 03/01/2034
- **2022-07-26** II. Remainder Effective 07/01/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7606a33d-cf74-40ef-a315-1bcf979b4a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).