# New Hampshire HB232: relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals.

New Hampshire HB232, relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mark A Pearson (Republican); status vetoed, last action 2026-08-19 (Veto Sustained 08/19/2026: RC 166-154 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote HJ 16 P. 10) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB232-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB232
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals.
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2026-08-19, Veto Sustained 08/19/2026: RC 166-154 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote HJ 16 P. 10
- Sponsor: Mark A Pearson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (529 yes, 472 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mark A Pearson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra L DeSimone (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: JD Bernardy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jess Edwards (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Katy Peternel (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Maureen C. Mooney (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul A Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Victoria Sullivan (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-19 | House | Veto Override | pass | 166 | 154 |   |
| 2026-05-21 | House | Concur | pass | 179 | 154 |   |
| 2026-01-08 | House | OTPA | pass | 184 | 164 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2026-08-19: Veto Sustained 08/19/2026: RC 166-154 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote HJ 16 P. 10 (House)
- 2026-07-10: Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026 (House)
- 2026-06-23: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 52 (House)
- 2026-06-23: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1624s (Rep. Lynn): MA RC 179-154 05/20/2026 HJ 14 P. 16 (House)
- 2026-05-14: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1624s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 (Senate)
- 2026-05-14: Committee Amendment # 2026-1624s, AA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1624s, 05/14/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 18 (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Special Order to 05/14/2026, Without Objection, MA; 05/07/2026 SJ 11 (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1624s, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 17 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Hearing: 03/18/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 10 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 2 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2932h: MA RC 184-164 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 47 (House)
- 2026-01-08: Amendment # 2025-2932h: AA VV 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 45 (House)
- 2025-11-19: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House)
- 2025-11-19: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2932h 11/12/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 39 (House)
- 2025-09-26: Executive Session: 11/12/2025 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-08-25: Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Retained in Committee (House)
- 2025-02-25: Executive Session: 03/03/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208 (House)
- 2025-01-23: Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 09:30 am LOB 206-208 (House)
- 2025-01-07: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 11 (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2026-06-23: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=303&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5123)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=33097)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=303&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5123)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=33097)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB232-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).