---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the appointment of the state medical director for emergency medical services."
description: "relative to the appointment of the state medical director for emergency medical services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 456 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/860faac6-35c5-4bdb-a7c4-501f7a0e5021"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2971&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "a2e71ca52cc7644297a9bb294ebc30f959191e5b25106b50092add4e2eb4aa95"
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 456 (2018) — relative to the appointment of the state medical director for emergency medical services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1328h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1328h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1987&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Peter B. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Peter T. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: 02/07/2018, Room 101, LOB, 10:20 am; SC 6
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0519s, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0519s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0519s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 10:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-03-29** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/03/2018 09:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-04-04** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1328h for 04/19/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 15 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment # 2018-1328h: AA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 6
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1328h: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 6 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0227; Effective 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/860faac6-35c5-4bdb-a7c4-501f7a0e5021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).