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SB422 • 2026

relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
David Watters (D), Timothy Lang (R), David Nagel (D), Regina Birdsell (R), Suzanne Prentiss (D), Jess Edwards (R)
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 183-156 05/07/2026 HJ 12

  2. 2026-04-22 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/15/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 18 P. 13

  3. 2026-04-22 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass

  4. 2026-04-07 H

    Executive Session: 04/15/2026 10:00 am GP 158

  5. 2026-03-18 H

    Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 10:30 am GP 158

  6. 2026-02-26 H

    Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 5 P. 124

  7. 2026-01-29 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2

  8. 2026-01-16 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 3

  9. 2026-01-08 S

    Hearing: 01/14/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:50 am; SC 1

  10. 2025-11-21 S

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

Official Summary Text

relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

Current Bill Text

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SB 422 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2223
05/06

SENATE BILL
422

AN ACT
relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Nagel, Belk. 6; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill adds 2 public members to the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention, one with expertise in gaming addiction and one in long-term recovery. The bill also makes the representative of the state's faith-based community a voting member of the commission.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2223
05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Governor's Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention; Membership. Amend RSA 12-J:1, I to read as follows:
I. [
Seven
]
Nine
public members, 2 of whom shall be professionals knowledgeable about alcohol and other drug misuse prevention, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one of whom shall be appointed by the senate president; 2 of whom shall be professionals knowledgeable about alcohol and other drug misuse treatment including reduction of societal and individual harm, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 2 of whom shall be public members who are not professionals within the alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment system, one of whom shall be appointed by the senate president and one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
one member with expertise in gaming addiction, appointed by the governor,
and [
one member
]
2 members
in long-term recovery, appointed by the governor.

2 Governor's Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention; Membership. Amend RSA 12-J:1, IV(b) to read as follows:
(b) A representative of the state's faith-based community, [
who shall be a nonvoting member,
] appointed by the governor.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.