---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the administration of occupations by the office of professional licensure and certification."
description: "relative to the administration of occupations by the office of professional licensure and certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 518"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 518 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Merchant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2024-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc5f8d4-63b4-4f0b-b634-4fb3b0c23675"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0727&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "90d6939ba325f9b12d7663978f43e36b52a100edad6ae14fe590786e9aeecf10"
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 518 (2024) — relative to the administration of occupations by the office of professional licensure and certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2373e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2373e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Gary Merchant — primary (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-13** Retained in Committee
- **2023-09-18** Executive Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-10-24** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-2349h: 11/06/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308 HC 43
- **2023-11-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2426h (NT) 11/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 49 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-21** Removed from Consent (Reps. Grote, C. McGuire, T. Lekas, Juliet Smith, Mangipudi, F. Davis, M. Smith, Lynn, Grassie, P. Schmidt) 01/03/2024 HJ 1
- **2024-01-05** Amendment # 2023-2426h (NT): AA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 66
- **2024-01-05** FLAM # 2024-0023h (Rep. Grote): AA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 70
- **2024-01-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2426h and 2024-0023h: MA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 70 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Hearing: 03/13/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-2017s, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Sen. Carson Moved to Remove HB 518 from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **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** Committee Amendment # 2024-2017s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2024-2127s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2024-2017s and 2024-2127s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2017s and 2024-2127s and Requests CofC (Reps. T. Lekas, Grote, Simon, Mangipudi): MA VV 05/28/2024 HJ 14 P. 178
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Gendreau, Altschiller; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 203
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2293c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2293c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2293c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 17
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2373e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2373e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 52
- **2024-07-29** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-07-29** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-08-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/23/2024; Chapter 364; eff: 10/22/2024 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/8bc5f8d4-63b4-4f0b-b634-4fb3b0c23675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).