---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the regulation of physician assistants."
description: "relative to the regulation of physician assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 488 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb1128c-ce07-4860-92d5-2d76495f829b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2916&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "638f3b281f2d1102779725b2c6ca91ff04d1b5075c12aa94c92c68e88b2e6119"
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 488 (2024) — relative to the regulation of physician assistants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0396s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0396s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2007&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Hearing: 01/17/2024, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 3
- **2024-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0396s, 02/08/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0396s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/08/2024; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee Amendment # 2024-0396s, AA, VV; 02/08/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2024 11:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-22** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-04-26** Executive Session: 05/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/08/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 20 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 35 `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 0162; Effective 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb1128c-ce07-4860-92d5-2d76495f829b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).