---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the practice of dental hygiene."
description: "relative to the practice of dental hygiene."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 144 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaci L Grote"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f16ec02-b300-4728-96ad-38a634bfd1aa"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0338&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "0d1cb55b249cd7bb6371fae4589a0587b7280edc87ca51d677a2d7036aae578a"
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 HB 144 (2025) — relative to the practice of dental hygiene.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1576s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1576s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jaci L Grote — primary (person)
- Carol M McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 01/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/23/2025 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 10 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/26/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2025-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** HB 144-FN was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-1576s, AA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1576s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1576s and Requests CofC (Rep. Osborne): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 52
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Grote, Bailey, S. Pearson, Long 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 52
- **2025-06-13** Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-13** President Appoints: Senators Pearl, McGough, Reardon; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. H. Howard Replaces Rep. Pearson 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2764c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2764c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 18
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2764c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 269; eff. 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f16ec02-b300-4728-96ad-38a634bfd1aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).