---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the board of nursing and establishing a committee to study the regulation of nursing assistants by the board of nursing and criminal history record checks for nurses."
description: "relative to the board of nursing and establishing a committee to study the regulation of nursing assistants by the board of nursing and criminal history record checks for nurses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 273 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60dd2a7-113c-4e50-85bf-d23c4b5647f6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0847&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "ec52c02173a76fb2911089f3c6301e2ff5900b82a5c7fed6fe8e50eb6c597dd1"
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 273 (2019) — relative to the board of nursing and establishing a committee to study the regulation of nursing assistants by the board of nursing and criminal history record checks for nurses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1423h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1423h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/06/2019, Room 101, LOB, 10:20 am; SC 9
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0859s, 03/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0859s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0859s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** ==TIME CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/02/2019 01:30 pm LOB 306
- **2019-04-03** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/10/2019 09:00 am LOB 306
- **2019-04-23** Executive Session: 04/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 306
- **2019-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1423h (NT) for 05/08/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1423h (NT): AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 7
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1423h (NT): MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 7 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 284; Effective 07/19/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b60dd2a7-113c-4e50-85bf-d23c4b5647f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).