Bill Commons

NH SB 642

enacted

repealing the committee for the protection of human subjects institutional review board.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did NH SB 642 pass?

Yes. NH SB 642 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 113; Effective 01/01/2027

What is NH SB 642 about?

NH SB 642 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “repealing the committee for the protection of human subjects institutional review board.”.

Who sponsors NH SB 642?

Suzanne M. Prentiss, Suzanne Prentiss are the primary sponsors of NH SB 642, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-11-25
Latest action
2026-05-29 — Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 113; Effective 01/01/2027
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Suzanne M. Prentissprimary
  • Suzanne Prentissprimary
  • Howard Pearlcosponsor
  • Donovan Fentoncosponsor
  • Timothy Langcosponsor
  • Rebecca Perkins Kwokacosponsor
  • Bill M. Gannoncosponsor
  • Regina Birdsellcosponsor
  • David H. Watterscosponsor
  • David Watterscosponsor
  • Victoria Sullivancosponsor
  • Bill Gannoncosponsor
  • Tim McGoughcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-29

    Signed by the Governor on 05/28/2026; Chapter 113; Effective 01/01/2027

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-05-18

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  3. 2026-05-18

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 147

  4. 2026-05-18

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

    enrolled

  5. 2026-04-09

    Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 17

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  6. 2026-03-20

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/18/2026 (Vote 12-1; RC)

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-03-20

    Executive Session: 03/18/2026 01:40 pm GP 231

  8. 2026-03-10

    Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 01:40 pm GP 231

  9. 2026-02-26

    Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 127

    introduction,referral-committee

  10. 2026-02-05

    Committee Amendment # 2026-0383s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3

  11. 2026-02-05

    Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0383s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  12. 2026-01-29

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0383s, 02/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-01-20

    Hearing: 01/28/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 3

  14. 2025-11-25

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-08-01T14:12:42.749967Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NH&identifier=SB 642. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.