New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 227 — relative to licensure for psychotherapy activities or services.

Last action — Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 59; 08/01/2025

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on June 06, 2025.

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 64% · high confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.

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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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 59; 08/01/2025

  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51

  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15

  4. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11

  5. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 19

  6. Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16

  7. Introduced 03/13/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8

  8. Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 12

  9. Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/19/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC)

  10. Executive Session: 01/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  11. Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  12. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 11

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 410 not signed on · 188 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (410)

410 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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

Interim Study

Failed 182 Yea · 193 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 129505
Unaffiliated 446608
Democrat 411805
Independent 1000
Total 178189018
% of votes cast 46%49%0%5%
How each member voted (385)
Member Party Vote
Alan J. Turcotte — Nay
Alicia D. Lekas — Yea
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Nay
Amanda Bouldin — Nay
Amanda Elizabeth Toll — Nay
Amy Bradley — Nay
Andrew Renzullo — Yea
Angela Brennan — Nay
Arlene Quaratiello — Yea
Ben Ming — Nay
Benjamin C. Baroody — Not Voting
Bill C. King — Yea
Bill Conlin — Nay
Brandon Phinney — Nay
Bruce L. Tatro — Nay
Cam E. Kenney — Nay
Candace Moulton — Not Voting
Candice M O'Neil — Nay
Carroll M Brown — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Nay
Chris True — Yea
Chuck W. Grassie — Nay
Clifford A. Newton — Yea
Corinne E Cascadden — Nay
Corinne Morse — Nay
Dan Wolf — Yea
Daniel A. Eaton — Nay
Daniel W Fitzpatrick — Nay
Dave Testerman — Nay
David A. Bickford — Yea
David O. Huot — Nay
Deborah L. Hobson — Yea
Dianne E. Schuett — Nay
Donald J. Bouchard — Nay
Eamon P. Kelley — Nay
Emily Phillips — Yea
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Nay
Fred G. Doucette — Yea
Fred R. Plett — Yea
Gail L Pare — Nay
Gary Merchant — Nay
Gerri D. Cannon — Nay
Glenn Cordelli — Yea
Hal W Rafter — Nay
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Heidi M. Hamer — Nay
Henry W. Noël — Nay
J.R. Hoell — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Jacob Brouillard — Yea
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Nay
James Connor — Yea
James F. Horgan — Yea
James L. Mason — Nay
James Michael Murphy — Nay
Jane E. Beaulieu — Nay
Jason A. Janvrin — Yea
Jason Gerhard — Nay
Jeffrey P. Goley — Nay
Jeffrey Rich — Not Voting
Jennifer Morton — Nay
Joan L. Hamblet — Nay
Joe Schapiro — Nay
John Lewicke — Yea
Jonathan F. Stone — Yea
Joseph A. Pitre — Yea
Josh S. Yokela — Nay
Judi Lanza — Nay
Juliet L Smith — Nay
Karen A Reid — Yea
Karen E Calabro — Nay
Kenneth S. Vincent — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Yea
Kimberly L Abare — Yea
Latha D. Mangipudi — Not Voting
Laurie J. Sanborn — Not Voting
Leah P. Cushman — Yea
Linda A. Massimilla — Nay
Linda L. Tanner — Nay
Lisa A Smart — Nay
Lorrie J. Carey — Nay
Maria Perez — Nay
Mary C. Freitas — Nay
Mary Heath — Nay
Matthew Coulon — Yea
Matthew J. Simon — Yea
Matthew Santonastaso — Nay
Mel Myler — Nay
Michael B. O'Brien — Nay
Michael Costable — Yea
Michael D. Abbott — Nay
Michael P. Pedersen — Nay
Nikki McCarter — Yea
Oliver J. Ford — Yea
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Nay
Rebecca McBeath — Not Voting
Renee M Monteil — Nay
Richard B Beaudoin — Yea
Sandra L Panek — Nay
Scott Wallace — Yea
Sheila C Seidel — Yea
Shelley Devine — Nay
Sherry Dutzy — Nay
Sherry L Gould — Nay
Stephen J. Kennedy — Yea
Steve J. Shurtleff — Nay
Susan GS Treleaven — Not Voting
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tim P Cahill — Yea
Tom D Mannion — Yea
Tommy Hoyt — Nay
Tony Lekas — Yea
Tony Piemonte — Yea
Tracy Emerick — Yea
Travis J. O'Hara — Not Voting
Walter A. Stapleton — Yea
William J. Infantine — Yea
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Alicia Gregg Democrat Nay
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Nay
Allison Knab Democrat Nay
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Bill Bolton Democrat Nay
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Carry Spier Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Nay
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Nay
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Nay
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
Chris McAleer Democrat Nay
Chris Muns Democrat Nay
Christal Lloyd Democrat Nay
Christine Seibert Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Nay
Connie Lane Democrat Not Voting
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Nay
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Nay
David Fracht Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
David Nagel Democrat Yea
David Paige Democrat Nay
David Preece Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Nay
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Nay
Ellen Read Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Eric Turer Democrat Nay
Fred Davis Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Heath Howard Democrat Not Voting
Heather Baldwin Democrat Nay
Heather Raymond Democrat Nay
Hope Damon Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
James Roesener Democrat Nay
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jared Sullivan Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jerry Stringham Democrat Yea
Jessica Grill Democrat Nay
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Nay
Jim Maggiore Democrat Nay
Jodi Newell Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Nay
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Nay
Kate Murray Democrat Nay
Kathy Staub Democrat Nay
Kris Schultz Democrat Nay
Laura Telerski Democrat Nay
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Nay
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Linda Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Ryan Democrat Not Voting
Loren Foxx Democrat Nay
Loren Selig Democrat Nay
Louis Juris Democrat Yea
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Luz Bay Democrat Not Voting
Marc Plamondon Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Nay
Mark Vallone Democrat Nay
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Hicks Democrat Nay
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Molly Howard Democrat Nay
Muriel Hall Democrat Nay
Nancy Murphy Democrat Nay
Ned Raynolds Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicole Leapley Democrat Nay
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Pat Long Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Peggy Balboni Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Philip Jones Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Nay
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Nay
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Susan Elberger Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Nay
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Nay
Timothy Soucy Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Nay
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Nay
Wendy Thomas Democrat Nay
Will Darby Democrat Nay
William Dolan Democrat Nay
William Palmer Democrat Nay
Zoe Manos Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Yea
Aboul Khan Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Nay
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Yea
David Rochefort Republican Nay
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Yea
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Yea
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Yea
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Yea
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Not Voting
Keith Ammon Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kelley Potenza Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Yea
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Lilli Walsh Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Nay
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Nay
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Yea
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Riché Colcombe Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Robert Wherry Republican Yea
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Kaczynski Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tim McGough Republican Yea
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 227?
HB 227 is sponsored by Kristin Noble (Republican), Jonah Wheeler (Democrat), Erica Layon (Republican), Jim Kofalt (Republican), and Lisa Freeman (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 227?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.
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