---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the licensing and regulation of physicians."
description: "relative to the licensing and regulation of physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 371 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27b4674-d660-49b6-9737-7c38066bdc95"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3033&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "5aefb72abc16cda367efa110d86aec6fabb1b3aedead60d6f041422ef30eb582"
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 371 (2024) — relative to the licensing and regulation of physicians.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1671h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1671h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2124&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Carroll M Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Latha D. Mangipudi — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Dolan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-28** Hearing: 01/10/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 1
- **2024-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; 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 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-16** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-26** Executive Session: 05/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-30** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-1671h: 05/08/2024 10:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-05-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 05/08/2024 09:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1671h (NT) 05/08/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1671h (NT): AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 33
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1671h: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, Gendreau, Fenton; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. C. McGuire): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 29
- **2024-05-30** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Simon, S. Boyd, Juliet Smith, Schuett 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 30
- **2024-06-06** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/06/2024, 09:15 am, Room 103, SH
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change; Senator Prentiss Replaces Senator Fenton; SJ 17
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change; Senator Bradley Replaces Senator Prentiss; SJ 17
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2288c Filed 06/06/2024; As Amended by the House HJ 15 P. 30
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2288c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2288c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 10
- **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
- **2024-08-07** Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2024; Chapter 352; Effective 10/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27b4674-d660-49b6-9737-7c38066bdc95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).