---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing a committee to study licensure of mental health professionals."
description: "relative to establishing a committee to study licensure of mental health professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 220 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c3f3045-dbb3-4a21-ae6b-20f7b559c130"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2870&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c45374b61c8766ab2725826857b2bff35d8f1ed966c36102d46274e2ec715543"
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 220 (2022) — relative to establishing a committee to study licensure of mental health professionals.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy M. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing: 01/26/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 3
- **2022-01-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/18/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/18/2022 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-20** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 13-4; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Signed by the Governor on 05/27/2022; Chapter 0125; Effective 05/27/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c3f3045-dbb3-4a21-ae6b-20f7b559c130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).