New Hampshire SB 422: relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.

Bill Text

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.