---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses."
description: "relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 89 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f51dc8b-0cf9-4ada-b236-0564c9eb9734"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1011&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5623e5a2bc8b4b35749fd7aed21ceaa30c02e2b81160c0597c6bfdedbc637d8c"
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 89 (2023) — relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1605h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1605h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 11
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0825s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0825s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0825s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 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 with Amendment # 2023-1605h 05/03/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1605h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 7
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1605h: MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0159; Effective 09/26/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f51dc8b-0cf9-4ada-b236-0564c9eb9734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).