---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the licensure of out-of-state applicants to boards or commissions organized under the office of professional licensure and certification."
description: "relative to the licensure of out-of-state applicants to boards or commissions organized under the office of professional licensure and certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 594 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Schapiro"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5510a80f-364f-457d-bc43-b885a0a682e2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0417&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e3ed9fab3ae7121b4b52f69e16b858ff536cc14b425f5354375b14426a77c5cc"
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 594 (2023) — relative to the licensure of out-of-state applicants to boards or commissions organized under the office of professional licensure and certification.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Joe Schapiro — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Frances E. Nutter-Upham — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/09/2023 01:15 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/09/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Hearing: 04/05/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2023; Chapter 111; eff: 08/27/2023 HJ 16 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Executive Session: 02/09/2023 01:15 pm LOB 306-308

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5510a80f-364f-457d-bc43-b885a0a682e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).