---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative establishing a commission to study greater transparency in pharmaceutical costs and drug rebate programs."
description: "relative establishing a commission to study greater transparency in pharmaceutical costs and drug rebate programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1418"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1418 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward A. Butler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/267bf3ca-7b5d-4835-8ef2-d8e1d1971e6e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2010&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "0755e78d0ab2c1fdb7d1d54743d3ceba85ef4d90c2d3b8b6dbe613c377003bbc"
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 1418 (2018) — relative establishing a commission to study greater transparency in pharmaceutical costs and drug rebate programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2107e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2107e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1023&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **312–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward A. Butler — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Neal M. Kurk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/17/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 11:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0782h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-1; RC) HC 9 P. 37 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0782h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 66
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0782h: MA RC 312-17 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 66 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 13
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1599s, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2018-1599s, AA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1599s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1599s (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2107e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2107e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-11** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-07-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 350; I. Sec 2 eff 11/01/2018;II. Rem eff 07/02/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/267bf3ca-7b5d-4835-8ef2-d8e1d1971e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).