---
type: "Bill"
title: "adding chronic pain to qualifying conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis."
description: "adding chronic pain to qualifying conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 157 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747deb74-3586-4ef2-a2b0-3feb40d1e853"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0114&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "97d912d7095c64755c652366ae1ae3813a3c4192dd9d2de10a7750c34563aa5d"
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 157 (2017) — adding chronic pain to qualifying conditions under therapeutic use of cannabis.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTPA — **301–47** (pass) · legislature
- Ought to Pass — **18–5** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Public Hearing: 01/25/2017 10:03 AM Representatives Hall
- **2017-02-15** Executive Session: 02/22/2017 10:00 AM LOB 205
- **2017-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 12-6; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-03-08** FLAM # 2017-0682h (Rep. J. MacKay): AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 124
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0682h: MA RC 301-47 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 124 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 18
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: RC 18Y-5N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 47
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/16/2017; Chapter 125; Eff. 8/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/747deb74-3586-4ef2-a2b0-3feb40d1e853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).