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---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the office of professional licensure and certification."
description: "relative to the office of professional licensure and certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 655 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol M. McGuire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f46184b-a00f-4359-8ac3-d99d3510c651"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0606&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "656acc2bce932e759709627813c0de1429d69d51fc52a63af85c75303aeede34"
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 655 (2023) — relative to the office of professional licensure and certification.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2023-0807h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0807h&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Carol M. McGuire — primary (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey P. Goley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-20** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/10/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-27** Full Committee Work Session: 02/28/2023 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2023-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0807h 03/08/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0807h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 9
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0807h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/29/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2023-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2023; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2023; Chapter 112; eff: 07/01/2023 HJ 16 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f46184b-a00f-4359-8ac3-d99d3510c651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).