---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine."
description: "relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 500 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary A. Hakken-Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a95f275-6695-4993-8ace-801af0adf4f4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0608&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "996858026635c3db56ba50c6415703e5fc78e411c4224d795a5a65b1d61e1082"
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 500 (2023) — relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1541s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1541s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Mary A. Hakken-Phillips — primary (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 10:30 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 # 2023-0507h 02/15/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0507h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0507h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 `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, 09:45 am; SC 14
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1541s, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Special Order to the beginning of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection, MA SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1541s, AF, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, MA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/04/2023
- **2023-05-11** Enrolled, Without Objection, MA; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/12/2023; Chapter 25; eff:05/12/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a95f275-6695-4993-8ace-801af0adf4f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).