--- type: "Bill" title: "relative to the personal needs allowance of residents of nursing homes; making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility staff; establishing the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund; and permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use." description: "relative to the personal needs allowance of residents of nursing homes; making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility staff; establishing the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund; and permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use." jurisdiction: "us/states/nh" legislature: "New Hampshire General Court" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 118" citation: "New Hampshire SB 118 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"] version_count: 1 action_count: 41 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-01-22" last_action: "2025-08-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/091d0d09-a9ac-429a-ae1e-6a9b357436b9" source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0349&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025" source_hash: "f329f494e1915df45e69dd95f9c68be3833452cb843ec825ee683f4a1d694302" 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 118 (2025) — relative to the personal needs allowance of residents of nursing homes; making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility staff; establishing the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund; and permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment #2025-2345h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2345h&txtFormat=amend) ## Sponsors - Regina Birdsell — primary (person) - Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person) - Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person) - Lucy McVitty Weber — cosponsor (person) - Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person) - Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/19/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 10 - **2025-02-12** Hearing: 02/19/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am, on proposed amendment # 2025-0295s; SC 10 - **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0529s, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0529s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 - **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0529s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0941s, 03/20/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-20** Committee Amendment # 2025-0941s, AA, VV; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 - **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0941s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee` - **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 11:00 am LOB 301-303 - **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 04/30/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207 - **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1871h (NT) 04/30/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 23 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-08** Amendment # 2025-1871h (NT): AA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 7 - **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1871h: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-05-08** Referred to Finance 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 10 `referral-committee` - **2025-05-14** Division III Work Session: 05/20/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211 - **2025-05-20** Executive Session: 05/28/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211 - **2025-05-22** Executive Session: 05/22/2025 03:00 pm LOB 210-211 - **2025-05-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/29/2025 (Vote 18-7; RC) HC 27 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-29** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2345h `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2345h: AF DV 103-215 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 154 - **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 155 `committee-passage-favorable, passage` - **2025-06-11** Sen. Rochefort Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 - **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Rochefort, Birdsell, Prentiss; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 - **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171 - **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. W. MacDonald, Weber, Drew, Kesselring 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171 - **2025-06-12** ==RECESSED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 11:00 am, Room 103, SH - **2025-06-13** Conferee Change: Rep. Telerski Replaces Rep. Weber 06/13/2025 HJ 17 P. 22 - **2025-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. M. Pearson Replaces Rep. Kesselring 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24 - **2025-06-16** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/18/2025, 12:00 pm, Room 100, SH - **2025-06-18** Conferee Change: Rep. S. Smith Replaces Rep. Telerski 06/18/2025 HJ 17 P. 25 - **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2847c Filed 06/19/2025; House Amendment + New Amendment HJ 17 - **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2847c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 2 - **2025-06-24** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2847c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17 - **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled` - **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64 - **2025-08-04** Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0295 `executive-signature` - **2025-08-04** I. Section 1 Effective 01/01/2026 - **2025-08-04** II. Section 2 Effective 07/01/2025 - **2025-08-04** III. Remainder Effective 06/30/2025 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/091d0d09-a9ac-429a-ae1e-6a9b357436b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).