---
type: "Bill"
title: "changing \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf\" or \"hard of hearing\" in the New Hampshire laws."
description: "changing \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf\" or \"hard of hearing\" in the New Hampshire laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1785"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1785 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin N. Bove"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-04"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1643996-c9bb-402f-82e3-28b66df38e3d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2052&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9cc652f8be081cd4a90895cc893acca91f34f895952e95eabc4dae8e9ec6457e"
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 1785 (2018) — changing "hearing impaired" to "deaf" or "hard of hearing" in the New Hampshire laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1065&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin N. Bove — primary (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-04** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 11:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-01-24** Executive Session: 01/18/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/07/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 7 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/13/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 11
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 13
- **2018-03-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2018; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Special Order to the beginning of the regular calendar, Without Objection, MA; 04/05/2018; SJ 11
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/05/2018; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled (In recess 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2018-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2018; Chapter 275; 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/e1643996-c9bb-402f-82e3-28b66df38e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).