---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study consent and confidentiality laws applicable to adolescent and young adult health care in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a committee to study consent and confidentiality laws applicable to adolescent and young adult health care in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 573 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2963099b-0a6e-49d6-92ff-243aff5e805f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3117&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "9841fa7c8aac8f386d32ecce2055a3dfde217919a2bba79721e0429abb58283d"
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 573 (2024) — establishing a committee to study consent and confidentiality laws applicable to adolescent and young adult health care in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1130s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1130s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2208&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila C Seidel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing: 01/25/2024, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 4
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1130s, 03/21/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-1130s, AA, VV; 03/21/2024; SJ 7
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1130s, 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 Children and Family Law HJ 10 P. 228 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-24** Executive Session: 04/23/2024 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2024 (Vote 14-0; RC) HC 17 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/23/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 10
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0090; Effective 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2963099b-0a6e-49d6-92ff-243aff5e805f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).