---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data."
description: "relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 297 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carry Spier"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ccc279-aed8-454c-96a5-bef5025505b3"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "41b2ae917132e7e37e1867799b37f1ee94efef5477dbdd8b4992e7658f75ada8"
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 297 (2026) — relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Carry Spier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-30** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0176h: 02/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-27** Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/04/2025 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2025-03-05** Retained in Committee
- **2025-08-27** Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 229
- **2025-09-22** Full Committee Work Session: 10/08/2025 10:15 am GP 229
- **2025-10-08** Executive Session: 10/28/2025 11:00 am GP 229
- **2025-11-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2987h 10/28/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-2987h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 44
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2987h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 44 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 5
- **2026-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 151; eff.08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ccc279-aed8-454c-96a5-bef5025505b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).