---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association."
description: "relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 559 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5348d5-6103-4d9f-9ab0-b75afe153c29"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3113&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "09098332687d3bea9019046d70c46161e984e347b6f2b1b795f846473618987c"
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 559 (2024) — relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1831h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1831h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2204&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **176–185** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 5
- **2024-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Special Order to 03/07/2024, Without Objection, MA; 02/15/2024 SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Sen. Prentiss Floor Amendment # 2024-0985s, AA, VV; 03/07/2024; SJ 6
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0985s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/07/2024; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 11A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2024; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced (in recess of) 03/28/2024 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/25/2024 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-24** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/01/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-02** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-05-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/15/2024 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-05-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1831h 05/08/2024 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 20 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1831h: AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 146
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2070h (Rep. Phillips): AF RC 176-185 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 147
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1831h: MA DV 192-171 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 149 `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 0307; 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/1e5348d5-6103-4d9f-9ab0-b75afe153c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).