---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing an alternative recovery monitoring program for nurses licensed by the board of nursing."
description: "authorizing an alternative recovery monitoring program for nurses licensed by the board of nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1571"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1571 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard M. Moffett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-09"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a01dec-3f4b-4ae6-87c7-2b8b91ad458b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2245&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "26a366891096e3588c971e8bdb3b911e689de7486e035ae4d611d3e888140883"
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 1571 (2018) — authorizing an alternative recovery monitoring program for nurses licensed by the board of nursing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0269h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0269h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1258&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard M. Moffett — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Karen C. Umberger — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Kent Campion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-21** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/26/2018 09:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-02-28** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 208
- **2018-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0269h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0269h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 37
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0269h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 37 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2018; Chapter 270; Eff. 8/17/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a01dec-3f4b-4ae6-87c7-2b8b91ad458b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).