---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to doula and lactation service provider certification."
description: "relative to doula and lactation service provider certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 337 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bddf5f84-1834-4123-b783-a001ebbc6fc5"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2820&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "48e829a91892cfaf5f289eda38fd4805ad93c3f9207d0e8792c179044eba47c1"
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 337 (2024) — relative to doula and lactation service provider certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1427h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1427h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1911&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Alexis H Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Hearing: 01/03/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 49
- **2024-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0402s, 02/08/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Committee Amendment # 2024-0402s, AA, VV; 02/08/2024; SJ 3
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0402s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/08/2024; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2024; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 6 P. 138 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-10** Executive Session: 04/03/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1427h 04/03/2024 (Vote 10-1; CC) HC 17 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Amendment # 2024-1427h: AA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 12
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1427h: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Referred to Finance 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 12 `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Division I Work Session: 05/08/2024 10:00 am LOB 212
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/13/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 25-0; RC) HC 20 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2102h (Rep. D. McGuire): AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 63
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2083h (NT) (Rep. Read): AF DV 164-195 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 63
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2102h: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 64 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0280; Effective 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bddf5f84-1834-4123-b783-a001ebbc6fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).