---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the organization of the office of professional licensure and certification."
description: "relative to the organization of the office of professional licensure and certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 409"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 409 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Pauer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62546f42-1915-42c5-96ea-a53254972546"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0534&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "dace5085d51a63e44ea364d43d661d122db891632a1db566971d03b19088b8a3"
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 409 (2023) — relative to the organization of the office of professional licensure and certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2254e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2254e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Diane Pauer — primary (person)
- Glenn Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Jean L. Jeudy — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2023 02:15 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/27/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-02** Executive Session: 02/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0353h 02/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment # 2023-0353h: AA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0353h: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `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, 09:45 am; SC 13
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1921s, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2023-1921s, AA, VV; 05/18/2023; SJ 15
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1921s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1921s and Requests CofC (Reps. C. McGuire, Grote, T. Lekas, Simon): MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 74
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Carson, Perkins Kwoka; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-19** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/19/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. Sirois Replaces Rep. Lekas 06/16/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-06-19** Conferee Change: Rep. Santonastaso Replaces Rep. Sirois 06/19/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2023-2206c; 06/29/2023
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2206c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 10
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2206c, Adopted, VV; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2254e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2254e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **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 235; eff: 07/15/2023 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/62546f42-1915-42c5-96ea-a53254972546`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).