---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to license requirements for certain alcohol and other drug use professionals."
description: "relative to license requirements for certain alcohol and other drug use professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 44 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21504181-6d60-42b9-b2b6-96c6b122fb0d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0855&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "f3b3a2ecde7f7c842f9c0387ea87fdaf10fa231367ffb509b4d6aa768d95646a"
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 44 (2023) — relative to license requirements for certain alcohol and other drug use professionals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2234e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2234e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 6
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0578s, 02/22/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0578s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0578s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **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: 03/30/2023 02:15 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-04** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 04/13/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-19** ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 04/26/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1453h 04/26/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1453h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 4
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1453h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2234e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 16
- **2023-06-28** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2234e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `amendment-passage`
- **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 0203; 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/21504181-6d60-42b9-b2b6-96c6b122fb0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).