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SB642 • 2026

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

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

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Suzanne Prentiss (D), Regina Birdsell (R), Howard Pearl (r), Donovan Fenton (D), Timothy Lang (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), David Watters (D), Bill Gannon (R), Tim McGough (R), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 S

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

  2. 2026-05-18 H

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

  3. 2026-05-18 S

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

  4. 2026-04-09 H

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

  5. 2026-03-20 H

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

  6. 2026-03-20 H

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

  7. 2026-03-10 H

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

  8. 2026-02-26 H

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

  9. 2026-02-05 S

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

  10. 2026-02-05 S

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

  11. 2026-01-29 S

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

  12. 2026-01-20 S

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

  13. 2025-11-25 S

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

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 113
SB 642-FN - FINAL VERSION

02/05/2026 0383s
2026 SESSION
26-2094
12/09

SENATE BILL
642-FN

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

SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. McGough, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the committee for the protection of human subjects and the rulemaking authority for the commissioner of health and human services with respect to such committee.

This bill was requested by the department of health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/05/2026 0383s 26-2094
12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

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

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

113:1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 171-A:19-a, relative to the committee for the protection of human subjects.
II. RSA 171-A:19-b, relative to rulemaking authority for the committee for the protection of human subjects as established in RSA 171-A:19-a.

113:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

Approved: May 28, 2026
Effective Date: January 01, 2027