---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to veterans access to health care."
description: "relative to veterans access to health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc14c48-8d6a-4d49-8ee1-685f4eaf849d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0861&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "f9b7724a06ae07c811e18c9d81d29118354cb4a72fef9e9577fcec264d1ac148"
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 174 (2023) — relative to veterans access to health care.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Jess C. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: 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 Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2023 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-04** Executive Session: 03/29/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/18/2023
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2023; Chapter 0074; Effective 06/07/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc14c48-8d6a-4d49-8ee1-685f4eaf849d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).