---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program advisory council members."
description: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program advisory council members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 325 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Merchant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f517ecc-0b0a-494d-bed5-6b784ce5d26d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0251&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "774c082462592fda5876607201cebc045a947fc8875b3f5496ec698cf4e48b46"
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 325 (2023) — relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program advisory council members.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0431h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0431h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Gary Merchant — primary (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 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 11:00 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 with Amendment # 2023-0431h 02/15/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023- 0431h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 7
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023- 0431h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: 03/15/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 13
- **2023-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/11/2023); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/04/2023
- **2023-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2023; Chapter 34; Eff: 07/16/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f517ecc-0b0a-494d-bed5-6b784ce5d26d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).