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type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a study committee on harm reduction and overdose prevention programs."
description: "establishing a study committee on harm reduction and overdose prevention programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 279 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/790e225a-0422-4e30-b901-9130bf87fc34"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2869&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8948180c4e533c5cff71e5c9dc3fa34bb9894a86301c7a6679f2fc25dcbe561e"
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 279 (2022) — establishing a study committee on harm reduction and overdose prevention programs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2022-0084s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0084s&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-17** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0084s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0084s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0084s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/05/2022 02:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-08** Executive Session: 04/05/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 15 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Governor on 05/20/2022; Chapter 0090; Effective 05/20/2022 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/790e225a-0422-4e30-b901-9130bf87fc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).