---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the board of dental examiners."
description: "relative to the board of dental examiners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 147 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel E. Innis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a8265b-9a87-4b6a-b5da-6cdb8b0e7ca3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0825&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "bb3e73ed755009c998f10447e93e5aae77cdc78c2e0e3f39fe2c3ea7fa2913e7"
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 147 (2023) — relative to the board of dental examiners.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1493h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1493h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Daniel E. Innis — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — 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`
- **2023-01-26** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 02/02/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-02** ==RECONVENE== Hearing: 02/08/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 9
- **2023-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0658s, 03/09/2023; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Special Order to 03/16/2023, Without Objection, MA; 03/09/2023 SJ 9
- **2023-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0658s, 03/16/2023; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0658s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0658s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-21** 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 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/13/2023 10:15 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1493h 04/26/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1493h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1493h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendments; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Innis, Carson, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. C. McGuire): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2023-06-15** Speaker Appoints: Reps. C. McGuire, Schuett, Juliet Smith, True 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2023-06-20** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/20/2023, 09:30 am, Room 100, SH
- **2023-06-19** Conferee Change: Rep. S. Gould Replaces Rep. Juliet Smith 06/19/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2213c Filed 06/22/2023; As Amended by the House HJ 16
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2213c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2213c, Adopted, VV; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0215; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a8265b-9a87-4b6a-b5da-6cdb8b0e7ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).