---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to screening panels for medical injury claims."
description: "relative to screening panels for medical injury claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 65 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill M. Gannon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d9e1b42-c40f-4819-9f4d-4fd41f1c991c"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0893&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "7c216af76e4c0587dae7018bcfeae69b491d9cca78e47d4ff4e0a57b4684ddc4"
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 65 (2023) — relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0285s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0285s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bill M. Gannon — primary (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lilli M Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 7
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0285s, 02/09/2023; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0285s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0285s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Vacated and Referred to Judiciary (): MA VV (in recess of) 03/23/2023 HJ 11 P. 54 `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/19/2023 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 05/03/2023 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 7 `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
- **2023-06-21** Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2023; Chapter 0097; Effective 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d9e1b42-c40f-4819-9f4d-4fd41f1c991c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).