---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to provider credentialing procedures."
description: "relative to provider credentialing procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ced669f8-30e4-41c9-8b24-6ee2de24a974"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0951&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "035f2f597a0819a9328ce59931779f121351173f753d7bdfca2d8b9f135086e1"
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 72 (2023) — relative to provider credentialing procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0860s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0860s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Trinidad Tellez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 7
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0860s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0860s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0860s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-02** Executive Session: 04/12/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/12/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0098; Effective 08/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ced669f8-30e4-41c9-8b24-6ee2de24a974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).