---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the adoption of rules by the department of health and human services regarding medication administration by licensed nursing assistants."
description: "relative to the adoption of rules by the department of health and human services regarding medication administration by licensed nursing assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 215 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark A. Pearson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a72b9bf-8545-4774-8c00-b28c0d59ddc9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0425&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "67d73d55b95a7d4e9aa5e7ef2a93946e0abe53c596699e577c94c549e66ca3d8"
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 215 (2023) — relative to the adoption of rules by the department of health and human services regarding medication administration by licensed nursing assistants.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Mark A. Pearson — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- William S Palmer — 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`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 03/01/2023 09:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 11:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/08/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Hearing: 04/26/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 19
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 122; Eff: 08/29/2023 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/1a72b9bf-8545-4774-8c00-b28c0d59ddc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).