HB 1219 (2026): relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.

HB 1219 (2026)

relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.

• Status: Became law unsigned
• Term: 2025-2026
• House committee: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
• Senate committee: Health and Human Services
• Subject: Children
• Chapter law: 279

The Story

It was introduced on January 7, 2026 and referred to the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs committee. The committee held a public hearing on February 4, 2026, with 549 people signed in online: 363 in support and 186 in opposition. The committee met in executive session on February 18, 2026 to vote on its recommendation. The majority recommended that the House pass it, and the minority recommended that the House kill it, by a vote of 10–8. The report was placed on the regular calendar. A floor amendment (2026-1094h), offered by Rep. Lisa Mazur, was adopted on a voice vote on March 11, 2026, changing the text of the bill. On March 11, 2026 the House voted to pass it with changes on a roll call 180–145. It crossed to the Senate on March 12, 2026 and was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services committee. The committee held a public hearing on April 16, 2026. The committee voted 3–2 to recommend that the Senate pass it. A floor amendment (2026-1943s), offered by Sen. Cindy Rosenwald, was adopted on a voice vote on May 14, 2026, changing the text of the bill. On May 14, 2026 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote and ordered it to a third reading. On May 21, 2026 the House adopted “House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1943s” on a voice vote, on a motion by Rep. Wayne MacDonald. The bill was enrolled on June 4, 2026 — the final check of the text before it goes to the governor. It became law without the governor's signature on July 7, 2026, as Chapter 279. The governor neither signed it nor returned it, and the docket records it as enacted under Part II, Article 44 of the state constitution.

Sponsors

• Rep. Melissa Litchfield (R - Rock 32) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. Susan DeRoy (R - Straf 3)
• Rep. Sayra DeVito (R - Rock 8)
• Rep. Matt Drew (R - Hills 19)
• Sen. Bill Gannon (R - SD23)
• Rep. Michael Granger (R - Straf 2)
• Sen. Timothy Lang (R - SD2)
• Rep. Erica Layon (R - Rock 13)
• Rep. Linda McGrath (R - Rock 40)
• Rep. Laurence Miner (R - Rock 7)
• Sen. Keith Murphy (R - SD16)
• Rep. Yury Polozov (R - Merr 10)
• Rep. Robert Wherry (R - Hills 13)

Hearings and Sessions

• February 4, 2026, 1:00 PM: public hearing, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, GP 158
• February 18, 2026, 2:30 PM: executive session, House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, GP 158
• March 11, 2026: floor debate, House
• April 16, 2026, 1:30 PM: hearing, Senate Health and Human Services, SH 100
• May 14, 2026: floor debate, Senate
• May 21, 2026: floor debate, House

Votes

• March 11, 2026, House: Ought to Pass with Amendment — yeas 180, nays 145, passed
• May 14, 2026, Senate: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1943s — voice vote, passed
• May 21, 2026, House: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1943s — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 170-E:27-b
• RSA 167

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• HJ 1, page 11
• HC 10, page 49
• HJ 7, page 184
• SJ 7
• SC 14
• SC 18
• SJ 12
• HJ 14, page 11
• SJ 14
• HJ 15, page 52