republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2018/sb-553.md

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Bill	establishing a commission to study the incidence of post traumatic stress disorder in first responders and whether such disorder should be covered under workers' compensation.	establishing a commission to study the incidence of post traumatic stress disorder in first responders and whether such disorder should be covered under workers' compensation.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2018	SB 553	New Hampshire SB 553 (2018)	bill		enacted	Martha S. Hennessey	2	33	1	2018-01-09	2018-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c00b2239-2441-4c9d-9ffb-7eabd9945f21	http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2880&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018	fee9add7193a8808d4e9ac315fc00aa157fd83fa3647e30d6d8ce591ca3b82b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire SB 553 (2018) — establishing a commission to study the incidence of post traumatic stress disorder in first responders and whether such disorder should be covered under workers' compensation.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2018-1960e (committee substitute) — source
2. latest version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• OTPA — 214–125 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Martha S. Hennessey — primary (person)
• Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
• David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
• Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
• Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Woodburn — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Proulx — cosponsor (person)
• Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J.. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
• Robert J. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 2 introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 4
• 2018-03-06 Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/08/2018; SC 10A
• 2018-03-08 Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
• 2018-03-08 Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/14/2018; SC 11
• 2018-03-14 Special Order to 03/15/2018, Without Objection, MA; 03/14/2018 SJ 7
• 2018-03-14 Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/15/2018;
• 2018-03-15 Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 03/15/2018; SJ 8
• 2018-03-15 Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-15 Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-1116s, AA, VV; 03/15/2018; SJ 8
• 2018-03-15 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1116s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/15/2018; SJ 8 passage
• 2018-03-15 Sen. Daniels Waived Referral to Finance; 03/15/2018; SJ 8
• 2018-03-15 OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 8
• 2018-03-20 Introduced 03/15/2018 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 8 P. 71 introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 01:00 PM LOB 307
• 2018-03-20 ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
• 2018-03-29 ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
• 2018-04-11 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1347h for 04/19/2018 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 15 P. 13 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-11 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
• 2018-04-19 Amendment # 2018-1347h: AA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 23
• 2018-04-19 Ought to Pass with Amendment 1347h: MA RC 214-125 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 23 passage
• 2018-04-26 Sen. French Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
• 2018-04-26 President Appoints: Senators Innis, French, Soucy; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
• 2018-05-02 Sen. Soucy Moved to Reconsider the vote on Nonconcur with the House Amendment and Request a C of C, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
• 2018-05-02 Reconsideration will be taken up at the appropriate time; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
• 2018-05-02 Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
• 2018-05-15 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1960e: AA VV 05/10/2018
• 2018-05-15 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1960e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
• 2018-05-22 Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
• 2018-05-23 Enrolled 05/10/2018
• 2018-06-18 Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0261 executive-signature
• 2018-06-18 I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2018
• 2018-06-18 II. Remainder shall take effect 06/12/2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c00b2239-2441-4c9d-9ffb-7eabd9945f21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).