---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists."
description: "relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 85 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M McGuire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc697c3-200d-42de-836d-5517d33e7429"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0114&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "bdcc44d6eee70ca0835c65a8a3f517320220610d9bdfae287f333cbb4d415643"
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 85 (2025) — relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1723s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1723s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Carol M McGuire — primary (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/16/2025 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 01/16/2025 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0037h 01/22/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 10 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Amendment # 2025-0037h: AA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 4
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0037h: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** 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, 09:00 am; SC 14
- **2025-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1723s, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-1; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Special Order to 05/15/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/01/2025 SJ 11
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1723s, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-1; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Sen. McGough Floor Amendment # 2025-2180s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2180s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-1723s, AF, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2180s (Rep. C. McGuire): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 162; eff. 09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc697c3-200d-42de-836d-5517d33e7429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).