---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing the disproportionate share hospital fund."
description: "relative to establishing the disproportionate share hospital fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 497 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cab7f268-7fb1-4226-8af3-d0f813051069"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2891&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "412a45cc375abc538fec9ed42413e438a4bfa5b56330e1d989a97c3e4e8b2d7f"
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 497 (2024) — relative to establishing the disproportionate share hospital fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1294h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1294h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1982&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-15** Hearing: 01/03/2024, Room 101, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 49
- **2024-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/08/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/08/2024; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Ways and Means HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/11/2024 02:00 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-13** Executive Session: 03/26/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1294h 03/26/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment # 2024-1294h: AA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 9
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1294h: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell 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 0298; Effective 07/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cab7f268-7fb1-4226-8af3-d0f813051069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).