---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to fetal death records."
description: "relative to fetal death records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 189 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2026-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3326a537-42e9-459f-8319-67b7c93effc4"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "e02448285f03c1b47f2191d1253883197dcd58b2d9cd9e5e09623046e0390a40"
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 189 (2026) — relative to fetal death records.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/19/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 10
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1128s, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** SB 189 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-27** Committee Amendment # 2025-1128s, AF, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-27** Sen. Rosenwald Floor Amendment # 2025-1389s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1389s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 112 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-04-24** Retained in Committee
- **2025-08-25** Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- **2025-10-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 09/10/2025 (Vote 15-1; CC) HC 51 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-04** Executive Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 75 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 01/07/2026); SJ 2 `enrolled`
- **2026-01-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 01/08/2026 HJ 3
- **2026-02-10** Signed by the Governor on 02/06/2026; Chapter 2; Effective 06/06/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3326a537-42e9-459f-8319-67b7c93effc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).