---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to participation of the New Hampshire public defender program in the state employee health insurance plan."
description: "relative to participation of the New Hampshire public defender program in the state employee health insurance plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 108 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d49352-a1b0-4921-a2d3-eb5b33ca7a9c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0856&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "9254b4ee2b4a682ed79a6c042296272a407e716aa4d99c3764c6c5a375a01803"
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 SB 108 (2023) — relative to participation of the New Hampshire public defender program in the state employee health insurance plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0568s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0568s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing: 02/08/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0568s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0568s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0568s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/16/2023; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Public Hearing: 04/26/2023 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/26/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0062; Effective 06/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0d49352-a1b0-4921-a2d3-eb5b33ca7a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).