---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to state enforcement of federal vaccination mandates."
description: "relative to state enforcement of federal vaccination mandates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1455 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/212035b2-39a1-491e-a1ea-2d25d84a7587"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2262&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b7e07456952cb65a9073ad0fc6a850a8db10c96dd9f5c46b4a7548b8e3cb9427"
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 1455 (2022) — relative to state enforcement of federal vaccination mandates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2110e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2110e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **174–159** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **13–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (person)
- Andrew J. Prout — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J. Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Blasek — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2022 03:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/07/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-09** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-10; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA RC 174-159 03/16/2022 HJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Hearing: 04/20/2022, Room 201-203, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1868s, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Special Order to after the Bills removed from the Consent Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment # 2022-1868s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1868s, RC 13Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2110e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2110e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 305; eff. 07/01/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/212035b2-39a1-491e-a1ea-2d25d84a7587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).