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---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to optometrists."
description: "relative to optometrists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 200 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Rosenwald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/032c2bdb-1d33-4ae5-8c02-2f18435afc43"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1001&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5550875ad74bd010f8a10e270fd09df851e0bca639f9040bc0096edf973d9edd"
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 200 (2023) — relative to optometrists.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2023-1583h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1583h&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Cindy Rosenwald — primary (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Merchant — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing: 02/14/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 9
- **2023-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-19** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/26/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/03/2023 09:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2023-05-11** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1568h 05/03/2023 (Vote 14-6; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1583h `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1568h: AA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 40
- **2023-05-18** Amendment # 2023-1583h: AF DV 105-275 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 41
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1568h: MA DV 239-141 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0223; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/032c2bdb-1d33-4ae5-8c02-2f18435afc43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).