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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "relative to advance directives for health care decisions."
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description: "relative to advance directives for health care decisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
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legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 74"
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citation: "New Hampshire SB 74 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tom Sherman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2021-08-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c2aae91-868b-4f3b-80fb-500d49f35b09"
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source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0857&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
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source_hash: "483a51ec2becfbcc7275c5948397fbcc2662eb38a54072fac51c15326a97851b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
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---
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# New Hampshire SB 74 (2021) — relative to advance directives for health care decisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment #2021-1022s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1022s&txtFormat=amend)
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## Votes
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- Committee Amendment 1022s — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Tom Sherman — primary (person)
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- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
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- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary L. Woods — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
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- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
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- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
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- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Remote Hearing: 01/28/2021, 01:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 8
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- **2021-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1022s, 04/01/2021; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-01** Committee Amendment # 2021-1022s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/01/2021;
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- **2021-04-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1022s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/01/2021; SJ 10 `passage`
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- **2021-04-13** Introduced (in recess of) 04/09/2021 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 7 P. 99 `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Public Hearing: 05/03/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91978983838 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
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- **2021-05-05** Executive Session: 05/17/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95933161404
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- **2021-05-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-5; RC) HC 26 P. 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-25** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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- **2021-06-03** FLAM # 2021-1846h (Rep. M. Pearson): AA VV 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 154
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- **2021-06-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1846h: MA VV 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 158 `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** Lay on Table (Rep. Silber): MF VV 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 158
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- **2021-06-10** Sen. Bradley Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
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- **2021-07-07** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
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- **2021-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
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- **2021-08-03** Signed by the Governor on 07/30/2021; Chapter 0176 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-08-03** I. RSA 137-J:5; IV-a as inserted by Section 2 Effective 07/01/2021
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- **2021-08-03** II. Remainder Effective 07/30/2021
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c2aae91-868b-4f3b-80fb-500d49f35b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).
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