---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement."
description: "prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 245 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c8829c-4311-4920-b86a-56b83f3e99cb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1109&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "a62f11807b109ddd74346566be1b4674d366c75a203f82c674e2a9850ef2873d"
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 245 (2025) — prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2915e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2915e&txtFormat=amend)

## 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 Health and Human Services; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Hearing: 02/12/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 9
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0775s, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0775s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0775s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Public Hearing: 05/13/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-30** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-05-07** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/20/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-05-20** Subcommittee Work Session: 05/21/2025 11:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-05-21** Executive Session: 05/27/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-05-21** Subcommittee Work Session: 05/27/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2458h 05/27/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 27 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2458h: AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 5
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2458h: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sen. Rochefort Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2915e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2915e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-07-31** Signed by the Governor on 07/31/2025; Chapter 262 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** I. Section 2 Effective 01/01/2028
- **2025-07-31** II. Sections 3 and 4 and 5 Effective 01/01/2026
- **2025-07-31** III. Section 7 Effective 06/30/2030
- **2025-07-31** IV. Section 9 Effective 07/01/2027
- **2025-07-31** V. Remainder Effective 07/31/2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3c8829c-4311-4920-b86a-56b83f3e99cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).