---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs."
description: "relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 126 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Popovici-Muller"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/621a66d8-98a8-40d2-89b3-71fd8e5c5e65"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "e88f0578aba11cd7ff89afca1310b31fe1336a961f6505209bab435558375dd1"
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 126 (2026) — relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Daniel Popovici-Muller — primary (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah Orion Wheeler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 01:15 pm LOB 201
- **2025-02-10** Executive Session: 01/23/2025 01:15 pm LOB 201
- **2025-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0184h 02/05/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0184h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 8
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0184h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/26/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:30 am; SC 14
- **2025-04-28** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20
- **2025-05-08** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3030s, 01/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 46 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Committee Amendment # 2025-3030s, AA, VV; 01/07/2026; SJ 1
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-3030s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/07/2026; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-3030s (Rep. W. MacDonald): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1674e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1674e: AA VV (in recess of) 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-28** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/22/2026; Chapter 80; eff. 07/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/621a66d8-98a8-40d2-89b3-71fd8e5c5e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).