---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the duration of physical therapy."
description: "relative to the duration of physical therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Popovici-Muller"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a6a4a5a-47a9-44be-98f3-a8de1fff039d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0414&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b5f9d20c6f1fa02e1a39fb417d3808b18d504d1a23da487919745b16e7928215"
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 HB 188 (2023) — relative to the duration of physical therapy.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Daniel Popovici-Muller — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J. Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah O Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 09:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-09** Executive Session: 02/15/2023 01:00 pm LOB 201-203
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/15/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: 03/22/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 14
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-07-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/08/2023; Chapter 231; eff: 10/07/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a6a4a5a-47a9-44be-98f3-a8de1fff039d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).