---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to providing notice of the introduction of new high-cost prescription drugs."
description: "relative to providing notice of the introduction of new high-cost prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 703 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2020-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5fb73d-d667-4694-b6b5-aef7317c88da"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0806&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "56c8df79fd220bbf1590a4018e4668d7b77ec72e3371d64d1a95183371d3b59d"
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 703 (2020) — relative to providing notice of the introduction of new high-cost prescription drugs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0908h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2019-0908h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=794&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/19/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2019 10:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-13** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302
- **2019-02-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2019 08:30 am LOB 302
- **2019-02-28** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/08/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2019 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2019-03-12** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0908h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 13-7; RC) HC 16 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0908h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 77
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0908h: MA RC 206-141 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 77 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Hearing: 05/07/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 21
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/15/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22
- **2019-05-15** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-06-04** Sen. Sherman Moved to Remove HB 703-FN from the Consent Calendar; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-11-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/08/2020; SC 47 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/08/2020; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2020-01-16** Enrolled (In recess 01/08/2020); SJ 2
- **2020-01-21** Enrolled 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 58
- **2020-02-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 02/10/2020; Chapter 4; 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed5fb73d-d667-4694-b6b5-aef7317c88da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).