HB 1378 (2026): relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records.

HB 1378 (2026)

relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records.

• Status: Killed
• Term: 2025-2026
• House committee: Children and Family Law
• Senate committee: Health and Human Services
• Subject: Children

The Story

It was introduced on January 7, 2026 and referred to the House Children and Family Law committee. The committee held a public hearing on February 24, 2026, with 233 people signed in online: 202 in support and 31 in opposition. The committee met in executive session on March 3, 2026 to vote on its recommendation. The committee recommended, on a tied vote of 8–8, which carries no majority, that the House make no recommendation, and the report was placed on the regular calendar. On March 11, 2026 the House voted to pass it on a roll call 175–149. 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 15, 2026. The committee voted unanimously, 5–0, to recommend that the Senate kill it, and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On May 14, 2026 the Senate voted to kill it on a voice vote.

Sponsors

• Rep. Melissa Litchfield (R - Rock 32) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. Sayra DeVito (R - Rock 8)
• Sen. Bill Gannon (R - SD23)
• Rep. Henry Giasson (R - Hills 29)
• Rep. Lori Korzen (R - Coos 7)
• Rep. David Love (R - Rock 13)
• Rep. Donald McFarlane (R - Graf 18)
• Rep. Laurence Miner (R - Rock 7)
• Rep. Katy Peternel (R - Carr 6)
• Rep. Yury Polozov (R - Merr 10)
• Sen. Victoria Sullivan (R - SD18)

Hearings and Sessions

• February 24, 2026, 11:00 AM: public hearing, House Children and Family Law, GP 230
• March 3, 2026, 10:00 AM: executive session, House Children and Family Law, GP 230
• March 11, 2026: floor debate, House
• April 15, 2026, 9:30 AM: hearing, Senate Health and Human Services, SH 100
• May 14, 2026: consent calendar, Senate

Votes

• March 11, 2026, House: Ought to Pass — yeas 175, nays 149, passed
• May 14, 2026, Senate: Inexpedient to Legislate — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 332-I

Related Bills

• HB 560 (2025): relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.
• SB 253 (2024): relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records.
• HB 560 (2025): relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• HJ 1, page 17
• HC 10, page 29
• HJ 7, page 63
• SJ 7
• SC 14
• SC 18
• SJ 12