---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations."
description: "relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1296 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine A. Rombeau"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd17c799-a8b5-4953-82ba-0f8208e5f857"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2186&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "69fa5d52f9099e3ad215d37833d8f6e3ed8bcb3fc0a822821354af7fd2afd399"
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 1296 (2024) — relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1133h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1133h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1274&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Catherine A. Rombeau — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Ming — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Loren E Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Luz Bay — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coker — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Steven T Bogert — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy E. N Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/18/2024 01:45 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1133h 03/20/2024 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1133h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 11
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1133h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Hearing: 04/10/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 14
- **2024-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 176
- **2024-06-04** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/31/2024; Chapter 32; eff: 01/01/2025 HJ 15 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd17c799-a8b5-4953-82ba-0f8208e5f857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).