New Hampshire 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 4 — relative to the group and individual health insurance market.

Last action — Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 220; Effective 09/10/2019

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2019. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 220; Effective 09/10/2019

  2. Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18

  3. Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21

  4. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2379e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/06/2019); SJ 20

  5. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2379e: AA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 41

  6. Ought to Pass: MA RC 213-137 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 64

  7. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  8. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/08/2019 (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 23 P. 13

  9. Executive Session: 04/25/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302

  10. Full Committee Work Session: 04/25/2019 09:30 am LOB 302

  11. Public Hearing: 04/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 302

  12. Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 72

  13. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1176s, RC 22Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/27/2019; SJ 10

  14. Committee Amendment # 2019-1176s, AA, VV; 03/27/2019; SJ 10

  15. Special Order to the beginning of the regular calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/27/2019; SJ 10

  16. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1176s, 03/27/2019; SC 15

  17. Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 101, LOB, 02:15 pm; SC 9

  18. Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 399 not signed on · 134 voted No

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

OTP

Passed 213 Yea · 137 Nay · 49 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15388036
Republican 04609
Democrat 60004
Total 213134049
% of votes cast 54%34%0%12%
How each member voted (396)
Member Party Vote
Abigail G. Rooney — Not Voting
Alan Bershtein — Nay
Alan J. Turcotte — Yea
Alfred P. Baldasaro — Nay
Alicia D. Lekas — Nay
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Yea
Amanda Bouldin — Yea
Amanda Gourgue — Yea
Andrew J. Bouldin — Yea
Andrew Renzullo — Nay
Andrew S. O'Hearne — Yea
Anne L. Warner — Not Voting
Arthur E. Barnes — Nay
Arthur S. Ellison — Yea
Barbara E. Shaw — Yea
Barbara J. Griffin — Nay
Becky A. Owens — Not Voting
Benjamin C. Baroody — Yea
Beth Rodd — Yea
Betsy McKinney — Not Voting
Betty I. Gay — Nay
Bill G. Nelson — Nay
Bob J. Greene — Nay
Brett R. Hall — Yea
Brian K. Chirichiello — Nay
Bruce L. Cohen — Yea
Bruce L. Tatro — Yea
Cam E. Kenney — Yea
Casey M. Conley — Yea
Catt Sandler — Yea
Cecilia Rich — Not Voting
Charlie Burns — Nay
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Not Voting
Chris Balch — Yea
Chris True — Nay
Christy D. Bartlett — Yea
Chuck Grassie — Yea
Clyde J. Carson — Yea
Cole J. Riel — Yea
Connie Van Houten — Yea
Craig R. Thompson — Yea
Dan J. Davis — Nay
Dan Toomey — Yea
Dan Wolf — Not Voting
Daniel A. Eaton — Yea
Daniel R. Pickering — Yea
Dave Testerman — Nay
David A. Welch — Nay
David B. Karrick — Yea
David Doherty — Yea
David E. Cote — Not Voting
David J. Danielson — Nay
David J. Morrill — Yea
David O. Huot — Yea
David R. Coursin — Yea
David R. Meader — Yea
David Woodbury — Yea
Deanna E. Jurius — Nay
Deb Stevens — Yea
Deborah L. Hobson — Nay
Dennis F. Acton — Nay
Dennis Green — Nay
Dennis H. Fields — Nay
Dennis M. Ruprecht — Yea
Diane M. Langley — Yea
Dianne E. Schuett — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Yea
Donna Ellis — Not Voting
Donna M. Mombourquette — Yea
Douglas A. Ley — Not Voting
Ed Comeau — Nay
Edith M. DesMarais — Yea
Edith Tucker — Yea
Edward A. Butler — Yea
Edward DeClercq — Nay
Edward M. Gordon — Nay
Elaine H. French — Yea
Erika F. Connors — Yea
Erin T. Hennessey — Nay
Everett P. McBride — Not Voting
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Yea
Francesca G. Diggs — Yea
Frank R. Kotowski — Nay
Franklin T. Tilton — Nay
Fred G. Doucette — Not Voting
Fred R. Plett — Nay
Garrett D. Muscatel — Yea
Gary Merchant — Not Voting
Gary S. Hopper — Nay
Gates S. Lucas — Nay
George Feeney — Not Voting
George L. Saunderson — Yea
Gerri D. Cannon — Yea
Glenn Cordelli — Nay
Greg L. Indruk — Yea
Harrison Kanzler — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Nay
Harry H. Viens — Nay
Heidi M. Hamer — Yea
Henry A. L. Parkhurst — Yea
Henry W. Noel — Yea
Hershel Nunez — Nay
Howard M. Moffett — Yea
Israel F. Piedra — Yea
Ivy C. Vann — Yea
JP Marzullo — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Jack B. Flanagan — Nay
Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — Yea
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Not Voting
James B. Bosman — Yea
James C. Allard — Nay
James C. Webb — Not Voting
James F. Horgan — Nay
James R. Whittemore — Nay
Jane E. Beaulieu — Yea
Janice E. Schmidt — Yea
Jason A. Janvrin — Nay
Jeffrey C. Salloway — Yea
Jeffrey P. Goley — Yea
Jennie R. Gomarlo — Yea
Jennifer Bernet — Yea
Jerry Knirk — Yea
Jerry M. Stringham — Yea
Jody L. McNally — Not Voting
Joe Schapiro — Yea
Joel M. Desilets — Nay
Joelle Martin — Yea
John A. Burt — Nay
John A. Graham — Nay
John Bordenet — Not Voting
John E. Mann — Yea
John E. O'Day — Nay
John F. Klose — Nay
John Fothergill — Nay
John M. Callum — Nay
John R. Plumer — Nay
John T. O'Connor — Not Voting
Jonathan D. Mackie — Nay
Joseph A. Pitre — Nay
Josh S. Yokela — Nay
Joshua Adjutant — Yea
Joshua F. Query — Yea
Joyce M. Fulweiler — Yea
Joyce Weston — Yea
Judith T. Spang — Yea
Julie Radhakrishnan — Yea
Katherine D. Rogers — Yea
Kathleen M. Hoelzel — Nay
Kathryn Stack — Yea
Kathy J. Desjardin — Yea
Kendall A. Snow — Yea
Kenneth D. Wells — Yea
Kenneth N. Gidge — Not Voting
Kenneth S. Vincent — Yea
Kermit R. Williams — Yea
Kevin B. Craig — Nay
Kevin G. Maes — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Nay
Kimberly A. Rice — Not Voting
Kristina M. Fargo — Yea
Kurt F. Wuelper — Nay
Larry L. Laflamme — Yea
Latha D. Mangipudi — Yea
Laura C. Pantelakos — Not Voting
Laurie J. Sanborn — Not Voting
Lee Walker Oxenham — Yea
Linda A. Massimilla — Yea
Linda L. Tanner — Yea
Linda Rea Camarota — Nay
Linn Opderbecke — Yea
Lisa H. Bunker — Yea
Liz A. McConnell — Yea
Lynne M. Ober — Nay
Mac Kittredge — Nay
Manny Espitia — Yea
Marjorie A. Porter — Yea
Mark King — Yea
Mark L. Proulx — Nay
Mary A. Eisner — Yea
Mary Beth Walz — Yea
Mary C. Freitas — Yea
Mary E. Griffin — Nay
Mary Heath — Yea
Mary Jane Mulligan — Yea
Matthew D. Towne — Yea
Max Abramson — Nay
Mel Myler — Yea
Michael B. O'Brien — Not Voting
Michael Costable — Nay
Michael D. Abbott — Yea
Michael D. Gunski — Not Voting
Michael E. Furbush — Nay
Michael J. Sylvia — Nay
Michael P. Pedersen — Yea
Michael Yakubovich — Nay
Michelle St. John — Yea
Mona Perreault — Nay
Nicole Klein-Knight — Yea
Norman L. Major — Nay
Patricia J. Bushway — Yea
Patricia S. Klee — Yea
Patricia T. Lovejoy — Yea
Paul P. Dargie — Yea
Paul R. Bergeron — Yea
Paul Somero — Not Voting
Peg Higgins — Yea
Peter E. Torosian — Nay
Peter F. Somssich — Yea
Peter J. Spanos — Nay
Peter T. Hayward — Nay
Polly Kent Campion — Yea
Raymond Howard — Nay
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Yea
Rebecca McBeath — Yea
Reed A. Panasiti — Nay
Richard B Beaudoin — Not Voting
Richard G. Osborne — Yea
Richard M. Abel — Yea
Richard Marple — Nay
Richard N. Komi — Not Voting
Richard W. Barry — Nay
Richard W. Hinch — Nay
Robert A. Backus — Yea
Robert J. Elliott — Nay
Robert J. L'Heureux — Not Voting
Robert L. Forsythe — Nay
Robert Renny Cushing — Yea
Roderick L. Pimentel — Yea
Roger W. Dontonville — Yea
Russell T. Ober — Nay
Ryan T. Buchanan — Not Voting
Safiya Wazir — Yea
Samantha L. Fox — Yea
Sandra B. Keans — Yea
Sandy L. Swinburne — Yea
Scott Wallace — Nay
Sharon Nordgren — Yea
Sherry Dutzy — Yea
Sherry Frost — Yea
Skip Berrien — Yea
Skip Cleaver — Yea
Sparky Von Plinsky — Yea
Stephen J. Shurtleff — Not Voting
Steven P. Beaudoin — Nay
Sue M. Mullen — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Not Voting
Susan J. Ticehurst — Yea
Susan M. Ford — Yea
Suzanne J. Smith — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tamara Le — Yea
Thomas W. Laware — Nay
Timothy A. Merlino — Not Voting
Timothy Fontneau — Yea
Timothy J. Smith — Yea
Timothy Josephson — Yea
Timothy P. Lang — Not Voting
Timothy T. Egan — Yea
Tom J. Loughman — Yea
Tony Lekas — Nay
Tony Piemonte — Nay
Troy Merner — Not Voting
Vincent Paul Migliore — Nay
Walter A. Stapleton — Nay
Walter Kolodziej — Nay
Wayne T. Moynihan — Yea
Wendy Chase — Yea
Werner D. Horn — Nay
William A. Hatch — Yea
William A. Pearson — Yea
William E. Bordy — Yea
William L. Fowler — Not Voting
William M. Marsh — Nay
Willis T. Griffith — Yea
Yvonne D. Thomas — Yea
Anita Burroughs Democrat Yea
Barry Faulkner Democrat Yea
Beth Richards Democrat Yea
Brian Sullivan Democrat Yea
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Yea
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Yea
Christopher Herbert Democrat Yea
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
David Luneau Democrat Yea
David Meuse Democrat Yea
Debra Altschiller Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Yea
Donovan Fenton Democrat Yea
Ellen Read Democrat Yea
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Yea
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Yea
James MacKay Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
John Cloutier Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Not Voting
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Kat McGhee Democrat Yea
Kate Murray Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Yea
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Not Voting
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Lucy Weber Democrat Yea
Marjorie Smith Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Yea
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Not Voting
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Pat Long Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Not Voting
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Yea
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Yea
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Yea
Thomas Buco Democrat Yea
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Yea
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Yea
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Aboul Khan Republican Nay
Andrew Prout Republican Nay
Barbara Comtois Republican Not Voting
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Charles McMahon Republican Nay
Charles Melvin Republican Nay
Daryl Abbas Republican Nay
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Not Voting
Debra DeSimone Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Nay
Glen Aldrich Republican Not Voting
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
Howard Pearl Republican Nay
James Spillane Republican Not Voting
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Nay
Jim Fedolfi Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Nay
John Hunt Republican Nay
John Janigian Republican Nay
John MacDonald Republican Nay
John Potucek Republican Nay
John Sytek Republican Not Voting
Jordan Ulery Republican Nay
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Not Voting
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Nay
Lino Avellani Republican Nay
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Nay
Mark Warden Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Nay
Ralph Boehm Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Rick Ladd Republican Nay
Robert Harb Republican Nay
Sherman Packard Republican Nay
Skip Rollins Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Smith Republican Nay
Terry Roy Republican Nay
Thomas Walsh Republican Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Not Voting

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Ought to Pass w/Amendment

Passed 22 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16101
Republican 4000
Democrat 2000
Total 22101
% of votes cast 92%4%0%4%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Bob J. Giuda — Yea
Chuck W Morse — Yea
Dan Feltes — Yea
David J Starr — Yea
Donna M. Soucy — Yea
Harold F. French — Yea
Jay Kahn — Yea
Jeanne Dietsch — Yea
Jeb Bradley — Yea
John Reagan — Nay
Jon Morgan — Yea
Kevin Cavanaugh — Yea
Lou D'Allesandro — Yea
Martha Fuller Clark — Not Voting
Martha S. Hennessey — Yea
Melanie Levesque — Yea
Shannon E. Chandley — Yea
Tom Sherman — Yea
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Yea
David Watters Democrat Yea
James Gray Republican Yea
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Cindy Rosenwald (Democrat), Charles McMahon (Republican), David Watters (Democrat), Tom Sherman, Jon Morgan, Melanie Levesque, Shannon E. Chandley, Jeanne Dietsch, Kevin Cavanaugh, Jay Kahn, Martha S. Hennessey, Dan Feltes, Edward A. Butler, Donna M. Soucy, Martha Fuller Clark, and Lou D'Allesandro.
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2019. Enacted.
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