---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing for pre-hospital treatment and transportation for operational canines."
description: "allowing for pre-hospital treatment and transportation for operational canines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 268 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou D'Allesandro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3e4678-7a9c-447c-9411-cd88b63edeed"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1057&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "681ecd099d05143d98b79d8d1d42b1ea6609d92bfa2908ed072d0be9ae558a3e"
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 268 (2023) — allowing for pre-hospital treatment and transportation for operational canines.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1259h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1259h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lou D'Allesandro — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced 02/14/2023 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Hearing: 03/07/2023, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 12
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0882s, 03/16/2023; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Special Order to the beginning of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0882s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0882s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 02:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-21** Executive Session: 03/30/2023 09:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1259h 03/30/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1259h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 5
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1259h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0175; Effective 07/28/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a3e4678-7a9c-447c-9411-cd88b63edeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).