---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescription refills."
description: "relative to prescription refills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 223 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan McGuire"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8df88c0f-7334-4bd6-b390-30192b8c9c68"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0392&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "4158750a70cec1a1dcdef281246abfd7e418d3af8668605559fd8097a96af1eb"
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 223 (2023) — relative to prescription refills.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Dan McGuire — primary (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/25/2023 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 10:15 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-02** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/08/2023 (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, 09:30 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`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 22; eff: 01/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8df88c0f-7334-4bd6-b390-30192b8c9c68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).