---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to mental health critical incident intervention and management, and relative to mental health practice."
description: "relative to mental health critical incident intervention and management, and relative to mental health practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 207 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Perkins Kwoka"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd1bd355-844e-41b9-9005-4dcef2e95f14"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0972&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "043ae1c859624553da1c00fdc30d26eb59d12aac34d053ad7d55913397527109"
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 207 (2023) — relative to mental health critical incident intervention and management, and relative to mental health practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2010h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2010h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schapiro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing: 02/02/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0302s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-09** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Remove SB 207 from the Consent Calendar; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0302s, 02/22/2023; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0302s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2023-0638s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2023-0302s and 2023-0638s, 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: 03/29/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-14** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/29/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-19** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-01** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-01** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/03/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-11** ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-19** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-17** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1915h: 05/22/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2010h (NT) 05/24/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-2010h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 7
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2010h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Gendreau, Perkins Kwoka; 06/15/2023; 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. Goley, Grote, Sirois, Simon 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2023-06-19** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/19/2023, 02:00 pm, Room 103, SH
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2207c Filed 06/22/2023; As Amended by the House + New Amendment HJ 16
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2207c: Adopted, VV 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2207c, 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 0224; 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/dd1bd355-844e-41b9-9005-4dcef2e95f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).