---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain."
description: "establishing a committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 66 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Merchant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7cc7d7-e895-4ac8-bee5-242605270e25"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0196&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "0090d1f861d0e502eb7534e7e9eb87563560705999de4fa0a72ad8b7bbe46e32"
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 66 (2023) — establishing a committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0435h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0435h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Gary Merchant — primary (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 10:00 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 # 2023-0435h 02/15/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0435h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 6
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0435h: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 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, 09:00 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`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/26/2023; Chapter 3; Eff: 04/26/23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c7cc7d7-e895-4ac8-bee5-242605270e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).