---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to initial license requirements for licensed social work associates."
description: "relative to initial license requirements for licensed social work associates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 271 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter B Schmidt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097ac7da-21c4-4d8f-873c-cd5829899472"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0354&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "ed6b8a1e514711d29493d5435b2f3ea88f8e353267cdc76bb85f2bd27a03234b"
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 271 (2025) — relative to initial license requirements for licensed social work associates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0495h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0495h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Peter B Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/16/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2025 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/19/2025 02:31 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-14** Executive Session: 02/19/2025 02:31 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0495h 03/12/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 17 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0495h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 31
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0495h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 26; eff.07/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/097ac7da-21c4-4d8f-873c-cd5829899472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).