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---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the state from requiring businesses to require vaccine or documentation related to vaccination or immunity status."
description: "prohibiting the state from requiring businesses to require vaccine or documentation related to vaccination or immunity status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1495 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom E. Lanzara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-03"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97e7aa5-20ca-4934-964a-3594bdc8e9fe"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2576&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "9f30361c8e93f89fb23ef41bd71a0953a4779c798887ff06ca48b05257e8741b"
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 HB 1495 (2022) — prohibiting the state from requiring businesses to require vaccine or documentation related to vaccination or immunity status.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2022-1529s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1529s&txtFormat=amend)
## Votes
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **179–153** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tom E. Lanzara — primary (person)
- Jim Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Leonard P. Turcotte — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Blasek — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- William S. Foster — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-03** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/14/2022 02:15 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/08/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-09** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1013h (NT) (Vote 11-10; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-1013h: AA VV 03/16/2022 HJ 7
- **2022-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1013h: MA RC 179-153 03/16/2022 HJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Hearing: 04/06/2022, Room 100, SH, 11:20 am; SC 14
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1529s, 04/21/2022; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1529s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1529s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/24/2022; Chapter 263; eff. 06/24/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e97e7aa5-20ca-4934-964a-3594bdc8e9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).