SB 421 New Hampshire Senate · 2026 Regular Session

relative to the membership and duties of the trauma medical review committee and establishing a study committee to review the membership and duties of other boards and an appointment related to emergency medical services.

SB 421 amends New Hampshire's trauma medical review committee membership and adds an annual reporting requirement. The bill specifies that the committee must include representatives from all trauma hospital levels (I-IV), emergency medical services groups, trauma nurses, fire services, and a trauma survivor. It also requires the committee to annually report to the governor on trauma hospital locations and levels, committee recommendations for system improvement, and data on leading causes of injury and death from both intentional and unintentional causes. This bill directly affects trauma hospitals, medical providers, emergency services, and injury prevention stakeholders in New Hampshire.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Nov 21, 2025 Signed Jun 8, 2026
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Version adopted by both bodies CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION · 2 edits
MINOR
No substantive policy changes were made between the version adopted by both bodies and the final chaptered version. The changes are purely procedural: the bill was assigned Chapter 124, sections were renumbered from simple numbers (1-8) to chapter:section format (124:1 through 124:8), and approval/effective dates were added upon signing into law.
TECHNICAL

Sections were renumbered from standalone numbers (e.g., '1', '2') to chapter-prefixed format (e.g., '124:1', '124:2') as part of the standard chaptering process.

TIMELINE

Approval date (June 05, 2026) and effective date (June 05, 2026) were added at the end, indicating the bill was signed into law on that date.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Jun 8, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 06/05/2026; Chapter 124; Effective 06/05/2026
upper
May 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 29
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/15/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 18 P. 13
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 5 P. 124
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment # 2026-0372s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0372s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0372s, 02/05/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 4
upper
Nov 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1
upper
0 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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