---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to discount medical plan organizations."
description: "relative to discount medical plan organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 285 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin J. Cavanaugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/006eb2ed-1f73-40e6-8e65-ffaa758ea8ab"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2932&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "6072219ab349dce7d50df122af3694812d58d28b059cd2f3e8d98ee9a522dbfb"
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 285 (2022) — relative to discount medical plan organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1376h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1376h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — primary (person)
- Christy D. Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Potucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: 02/09/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 4
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0636s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0636s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0636s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-03-30** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/07/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-13** Executive Session: 04/20/2022 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/20/2022 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1376h (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1376h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1376h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0214; Effective 08/16/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/006eb2ed-1f73-40e6-8e65-ffaa758ea8ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).