---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections."
description: "relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 61 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/505c4ab4-8869-4d46-9939-ac6d28fa6c1e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0979&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "51f4a61578b937598c2e1dd2d71cc6be1f1f5eec4eb60ca05f32fdb30cf43f85"
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 61 (2025) — relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Hearing: 01/22/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 7
- **2025-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/30/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-05-06** Executive Session: 04/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0221; Effective 09/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/505c4ab4-8869-4d46-9939-ac6d28fa6c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).