---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the regulation and practice of physician assistants."
description: "relative to the regulation and practice of physician assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 228 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ec57d40-d6f3-4772-9588-e9c6f4b1848e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2955&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "7c1fe4fbd0f7205be0881d71ee1e2abc8c645cc3b6b8903cd08f0802bcb6f17a"
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 228 (2022) — relative to the regulation and practice of physician assistants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1988e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1988e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — 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`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing: 01/27/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 4
- **2022-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0821s, 03/17/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Amendment # 2022-0821s, AA, VV; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0821s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/17/2022; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/11/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/11/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 15 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1988EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1988e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0148; Effective 08/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ec57d40-d6f3-4772-9588-e9c6f4b1848e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).