---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers."
description: "relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1659"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1659 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick F. Abrami"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3c1ff1-7101-4833-93ea-fb6c15532a48"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2630&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "9a500251d6b5388ffc4d47798da38a10400f42362b338ab6cca4bff51cd1ff69"
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 1659 (2022) — relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0532h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0532h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Patrick F. Abrami — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schapiro — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Public Hearing: 01/24/2022 03:15 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-02-09** Executive Session: 01/24/2022 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0532h (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0532h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment # 2022-0532h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: 03/16/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 11
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 85; Eff. 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3c1ff1-7101-4833-93ea-fb6c15532a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).