---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis."
description: "relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1278 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy E. N Thomas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e7b52a-30b8-4dd3-b01d-202a4ee0bf27"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2115&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "668aeddd6190dd272150c1382cf06e4477d883fa38b651fa514bd5b6046fafde"
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 1278 (2024) — relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2365e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2365e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1202&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Wendy E. N Thomas — primary (person)
- Alissandra Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi K Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah O Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Vail — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/18/2024 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/18/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 4 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Ways and Means 02/01/2024 HJ 3 P. 7 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-15** Full Committee Work Session: 02/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/20/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Hearing: 04/18/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 15
- **2024-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove HB 1278 from the Consent Calendar; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to next week, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to the end of the calendar on 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Special Order to after Judiciary, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2024-2107s; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Birdsell Withdraws Floor Amendment # 2024-2107s; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Whitley Floor Amendment # 2024-2147s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2147s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2147s and Requests CofC (Reps. Layon, Doucette, Schapiro, Almy): MA VV 05/29/2024 HJ 14 P. 180
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Bradley, Avard, Whitley; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-04** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/04/2024 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-06-05** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/05/2024 03:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/06/2024 09:40 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2283c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2283c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2283c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 27
- **2024-07-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2365e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2365e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 52
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 334; eff. 10/01/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17e7b52a-30b8-4dd3-b01d-202a4ee0bf27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).