---
type: "Bill"
title: "banning certain contract provisions from being enforced against advanced practice registered nurses."
description: "banning certain contract provisions from being enforced against advanced practice registered nurses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 172 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0cbcff5-d389-4ed2-9d0b-c9f4d1132cd8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1143&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "fd28f9d378a305a8860615379a30e4dde3b73b9093eea46e5d333db2eeb2dcff"
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 172 (2025) — banning certain contract provisions from being enforced against advanced practice registered nurses.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Hearing: 02/18/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 10
- **2025-03-11** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 03/20/2025, Vote 6-0; SC 13
- **2025-03-20** Rereferred to Committee, MF, VV; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Sen. Prentiss Moved Ought to Pass; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 112 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-30** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 23 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-24** Signed by the Governor on 06/24/2025; Chapter 0119; Effective 08/23/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0cbcff5-d389-4ed2-9d0b-c9f4d1132cd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).