---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program."
description: "relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 34 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eea41cf-fc76-425b-bd71-6dccfcd9f686"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0824&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "56aa513d0d171a894c20a9bcddabf127137ea82f622541ecd16a4333bb45cfe9"
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 34 (2023) — relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1352h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1352h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 6
- **2023-01-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/26/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `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`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/04/2023 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-12** Executive Session: 04/19/2023 11:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1352h 04/19/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1352h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 14
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1352h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0140; Effective 08/29/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eea41cf-fc76-425b-bd71-6dccfcd9f686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).