---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program."
description: "establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 422"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 422 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Rosenwald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf3f2f9-b6d5-4c03-9582-732a2d3feb52"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2857&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "191074f6f2fed78b7fd69d06f1d256bda29f220c611cd2145f4f0f4a7bf1e821"
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 422 (2022) — establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1331h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1331h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cindy Rosenwald — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Manny Espitia — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon L. Nordgren — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: 02/02/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 4
- **2022-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0468s, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0468s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0468s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0804s, 02/24/2022; SC 8A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Committee Amendment # 2022-0804s, AA, VV; 02/24/2022; SJ 4
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0804s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-30** Division Work Session: 04/05/2022 02:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-14** Division III Work Session: 04/18/2022 10:00 am LOB 212
- **2022-04-19** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 09:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1331h (Vote 16-3; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1331h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1331h: MA DV 205-109 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
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-07-07** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2022; Chapter 0319 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-07** I. Section 3 Effective 06/30/2022
- **2022-07-07** II. Remainder Effective 07/01/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf3f2f9-b6d5-4c03-9582-732a2d3feb52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).