---
type: "Bill"
title: "permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances."
description: "permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 18 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Rosenwald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-30"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e5e807-e236-47fb-8672-54ff52e78371"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0185&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "d43c132a0be6b8c995c787921874816419585b49008fa4361d210cdfbe5d1892"
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 18 (2025) — permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1605h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1605h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Cindy Rosenwald — primary (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy McVitty Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-30** Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing: 01/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2025-01-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/30/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 109 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 04/09/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1605h 04/16/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 22 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1605h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 6
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1605h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Rochefort Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0095; Effective 08/16/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e5e807-e236-47fb-8672-54ff52e78371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).