---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to health insurance coverage of prosthetics for children under 19 years of age."
description: "relative to health insurance coverage of prosthetics for children under 19 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 177 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b140606-96c7-4af0-82b2-ad0e765bb5e7"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1041&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "a266ebbbe5a8657bd7c3795de077eb84ac813389049b9832a0bc6aa9b71581cb"
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 177 (2024) — relative to health insurance coverage of prosthetics for children under 19 years of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2418s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2023-2418s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)
- Bill R Bolton — cosponsor (person)
- Corinne Morse — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William S Palmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: 02/08/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 9
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13
- **2023-03-16** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2418s, 01/03/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2023-2418s, AA, VV; 01/03/2024; SJ 1
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2418s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2024; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 6 P. 137 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 05/07/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 20 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 3 `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
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0144; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b140606-96c7-4af0-82b2-ad0e765bb5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).