---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists."
description: "relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 194 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa C.M. Post"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435e79c9-264a-4ad5-959c-0fe77569f86c"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "592c7403a01ed756316b8fbb83b9c79bb54f9684c40089e23477959993bcb631"
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 194 (2026) — relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Lisa C.M. Post — primary (person)
- David C Love — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jim V. Maggiore — cosponsor (person)
- John Michael Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Lorie Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Susan G DeRoy — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-05** Retained in Committee
- **2025-10-03** Executive Session: 10/22/2025 01:00 pm GP 230
- **2025-10-03** ==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- **2025-11-17** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3019h 10/22/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 51 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-17** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-3019h: AA DV 191-157 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 86
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3019h: MA DV 194-152 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 86 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 10
- **2026-04-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 2-1; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-16** HB 194 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-16** Special Order to 05/14/2026, Without Objection, MA; 04/16/2026 SJ 9
- **2026-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/14/2026, Vote 2-1; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Sen. Rochefort Floor Amendment # 2026-1973s, AA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
- **2026-05-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1973s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-18** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1973s and Requests CofC (Rep. Roy): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-05-18** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Roy, Rhodes, Paquette, S. Smith 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-05-20** Sen. Abbas Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-20** President Appoints: Senators Abbas, Rochefort, Prentiss; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-27** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- **2026-05-28** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/28/2026 11:00 am GP 231
- **2026-05-27** Conferee Change; Senator Perkins Kwoka Replaces Senator Prentiss; SJ 14
- **2026-05-28** Conferee Change: Rep. Osborne Replaces Rep. Roy 05/28/2026
- **2026-05-28** Conferee Change; Senator Carson Replaces Senator Perkins Kwoka; SJ 14
- **2026-06-02** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/435e79c9-264a-4ad5-959c-0fe77569f86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).