---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record."
description: "relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 146 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0b70aa3-344e-4ad4-858a-079a14431837"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1140&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "556690df6f7c464972f37b47b3023ec5208ff9d4cbb52c379de182ca065ddd63"
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 146 (2025) — relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 02/06/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 8
- **2025-02-05** Hearing: 02/11/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 9
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/20/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-16** Executive Session: 04/09/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-16** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/09/2025 (Vote 10-6; RC) HC 22 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2025; Chapter 0090; Effective 08/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0b70aa3-344e-4ad4-858a-079a14431837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).