---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to qualifications for licensed nursing assistants."
description: "relative to qualifications for licensed nursing assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1188 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaci L. Grote"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690d879a-9636-49ab-b305-3cd3d05d3639"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2074&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c8f168c9726658208e9c0dd9d150f1f3c0c8010137add97d10c933406c42de5a"
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 HB 1188 (2024) — relative to qualifications for licensed nursing assistants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1025h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1025h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1161&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jaci L. Grote — primary (person)
- Chuck W. Grassie — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 10:30 am LOB 307
- **2024-02-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-06** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1025h 03/13/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1025h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 83
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1025h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 83 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/17/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 120; eff. 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690d879a-9636-49ab-b305-3cd3d05d3639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).