---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services and relative to licensure of physicians and physicians assistants treating patients incarcerated with the department of corrections."
description: "relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services and relative to licensure of physicians and physicians assistants treating patients incarcerated with the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 126 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12f79977-c10b-4cde-bf7f-e3d8db31611e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0884&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "342dd9fee075a3e7fea8a01c386ed15b7aca7df9dc4a297e50f8b66cdcc1bdb4"
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 126 (2023) — relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services and relative to licensure of physicians and physicians assistants treating patients incarcerated with the department of corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0573s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0573s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: 02/15/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 10
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0573s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0573s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0573s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/30/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 03/30/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/30/2023 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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 the Governor on 08/08/2023; Chapter 0241; Effective 10/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12f79977-c10b-4cde-bf7f-e3d8db31611e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).